New Delhi: Instead of the thirsty going to the well to quench his thirst, the well on its own decides to reach the thirsty even before the thirst becomes a necessity!

Anxious school pass outs running from pillar to post to get information about admission into the premier central university of the country is the most common scene during the admission season at the Delhi University (DU).

However, the university has mulled to alleviate their worries and has proposed to educate them while they are in schools, so that they are familiar with the admission process even before stepping out in to the campus.

"In a first of its kind of initiative, the university", said Gurpreet Tuteja, deputy dean (Students Welfare), DU, "will soon conduct a workshop to educate school teachers and administrators regarding the admission process of the university so that they could further disseminate the information to their students."

The workshop is to be conducted in four sessions on the second and third Saturdays of February where the teachers would be categorized in three categories to be accommodated.

The University would also be guiding students to choose their subjects carefully for class XII. It would be encouraging them to choose only those subjects which interests them.

"We generally see students in a confused state of mind when they come into the campus to apply for undergraduate courses. The university now, takes the initiative to reduce their misconceptions even before they reach the stage to choose their subjects in class XII," said a DU official.

"It has been observed that students tend to choose certain subjects which in class XII which are not recognized by the university," said Tuteja.

He further said that in order to avoid last minute inconvenience to students the confusion needs to be addressed to them.

"To stretch their percentages, students tend to take physical education as their main subject in XII boards, but they are not familiar with the fact that the subject cannot be accounted in the best of four score at the university," he said.

According to the sources in the administration, the basic idea of conducting these workshops was picked up from the open sessions of the university where the counsellors clarified various doubts of the applicants.

"It is better to prepare students in advance than they running from pillar to post to secure a seat in the university. It is better to educate the teachers at school level to help students at the primary level," said Tuteja.

The categorization has been made on the basis of three different categories of schools in Delhi - public, government and Kendriya Vidyalayas, while the selection of schools out of 1,200 in Delhi has been random.

"Though our selection has been random, the school authorities are welcome to call and register themselves," added Tuteja.

A student's helpline will also soon come into action to ease out the stress of thousands of students. They can use the helpline to ask for clarifications and guidance.