None of the 500 students who passed Calicut University’s dual core (formerly double main) undergraduate programmes is likely to get a postgraduate admission apparently because of an anomaly in the new index calculation.
As per the new index formula set for PG admissions, the dual core students will lose their marks heavily. Besides, the decision of respective boards of studies to award 10% weightage to single core students will further darken the chances of their double core counterparts.
Calicut University has a total of 500 students in dual core undergraduate programmes offered through certain colleges, including SNGS College, Pattambi. Formerly called double main BA, these programmes offered the students an opportunity to study two subjects like English, Arabic, History, Islamic History, Sociology and Malayalam with equal importance to both. These programmes had some charm before the introduction of inter-disciplinary studies.
