Fake admission row hits Stephen's
27 Jul 2008, 0219 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: The Christian quota at St Stephen's College is in the eye of a storm again. The college is now investigating the documents submitted by a student who got admission under the Christian quota but whose documents don't bear out the proof. Interestingly, the matter only came to light after an RTI was filed on July 9 asking for information on the number of Christians who had been admitted this year under the quota. Said a senior teacher of the college, "Though the college has three levels of scrutiny for every application, this student's documents seemed to have been missed by everyone. It's only after the RTI was filed that the mistake was discovered." The student, a girl from UP who had enrolled for BA programme, had apparently submitted her baptimism certificate but not the confirmation certificate, which is issued by the Bishop of the Diocese. The college requires not only the baptimism but also the confirmation certif...