Commerce college starts issuing BCom forms

GUWAHATI: With the results of Class XII exam conducted by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council declared on Monday, the Gauhati Commerce College has started issuing admission forms for BCom courses on Tuesday.

With the college's seven in Top Ten positions in commerce stream of Class XII board examination, the bar is expected to be raised higher this time, while following the admission process for 600 seats.

The premier commerce educational institution here is also gearing up for admission to Bachelor of Business Admission (BBA) programme. College authorities say the forms for BBA course will be issued from Wednesday.

Till now, it is expected that the college will resort to its usual conventional system of allocating seats to potential candidates. The college usually separates the students, who have applied for the much-coveted seats on the basis of educational boards like AHSEC, CBSE and other boards. The eligibility criteria for applying is generally fixed at 50 per cent and candidates, who have secured less than 45 per cent, can't apply.

"We are planning to resort to the conventional system. We get around 85 to 90 per cent students from AHSEC and priority is given to students from this board. From other boards, we get around 5 to 10 per cent students. So, the cut-off is separate for different boards. Last year, the cut off marks for candidates from AHSEC in the general category was 385 (non -quota) while for those from CBSE and other boards was 453. This year, the pattern will be more or less the same with some slight changes," said GG Banik, a professor of Accountancy and convener of examination branch, Gauhati Commerce College.

The admission process for the Bachelor of Business Administration programme is all set to commence in the coming weeks for the 60 seats in the degree course. The programme was introduced in 2007 and it is the first college under Gauhati University to implement the course. Though the demand for BBA is less than BCom, the implementation of the course was aimed at those students who prefer to study outside the state. After submission of forms for the programme, candidates have to sit for a written test and viva.

"There are no majors in BBA but the course was introduced because we see many students from Assam go outside to pursue the same course. This is a professional course, an entry level for MBA. Because of this, there is interest amongst students," said HK Das, the coordinator of BBA, Gauhati University.