Context: Delhi University announced the first list of admission into undergraduate programmes in its 90 colleges and the cutoffs reached the 100 % mark in some courses offered by a few colleges.
Challenges in Education leading to the phenomenon of High Cut-offs
Recommendation of National Education Policy 2020 for dealing with high cutoffs
Conclusion: NEP 2020 envisages assessment reform at the school level, which would make the board exams redundant, and also a common entrance for the liberal arts-based higher education system.