<p>For this academic session, Delhi University has scrapped the ‘fail’ clause for students studying under the three-year undergraduation programme. Till last year many students had to repeat a year, primarily due to low attendance.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Also, the vice chancellor (VC) had earlier announced that students will not be failed under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), which is being implemented from this academic session.<br /><br />The July 27 notification by the registrar stated that consequent upon implementation of FYUP from the academic session 2013-14, arrangements will be made for students who have failed in their first or second year of three-year undergraduation format in the semester mode, and for those who were unable to appear in examinations for any reason.<br /><br />Senior officials said that because the varsity is seeing a change from three- to four-year undergraduation degree, a relaxation has been given. <br /><br />“Students do not have to repeat a year and will be promoted. They will have to repeat exams to get a degree though. But such relaxations will not be given every year to students,” said an official.<br /><br />The School of Open Learning students will not be given the relaxation. <br /><br />Students welcomed the change, urging for its continuation. “The concept of fail should have a different parameter. Yes, students can be weak in some subjects and may score less, that does not make them a failed student. The varsity has brought in FYUP, which has a no-fail clause,” said Shraddha, third-year Political Science student.<br /><br />“If FYUP was designed to maintain quality and simultaneously introduced a no-fail culture, it would have been a great reform. But in a badly designed curriculum, you scrap the option of fail, which will only lead to a degree of no value,” added Shraddha. <br /><br />While teachers said many universities, including the Institutes of Technology (IITs), also have a similar no-fail clause, others felt that the new system will over burden students as they have to give exams of their new as well as the failed semester together.<br /></p>
<p>For this academic session, Delhi University has scrapped the ‘fail’ clause for students studying under the three-year undergraduation programme. Till last year many students had to repeat a year, primarily due to low attendance.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Also, the vice chancellor (VC) had earlier announced that students will not be failed under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), which is being implemented from this academic session.<br /><br />The July 27 notification by the registrar stated that consequent upon implementation of FYUP from the academic session 2013-14, arrangements will be made for students who have failed in their first or second year of three-year undergraduation format in the semester mode, and for those who were unable to appear in examinations for any reason.<br /><br />Senior officials said that because the varsity is seeing a change from three- to four-year undergraduation degree, a relaxation has been given. <br /><br />“Students do not have to repeat a year and will be promoted. They will have to repeat exams to get a degree though. But such relaxations will not be given every year to students,” said an official.<br /><br />The School of Open Learning students will not be given the relaxation. <br /><br />Students welcomed the change, urging for its continuation. “The concept of fail should have a different parameter. Yes, students can be weak in some subjects and may score less, that does not make them a failed student. The varsity has brought in FYUP, which has a no-fail clause,” said Shraddha, third-year Political Science student.<br /><br />“If FYUP was designed to maintain quality and simultaneously introduced a no-fail culture, it would have been a great reform. But in a badly designed curriculum, you scrap the option of fail, which will only lead to a degree of no value,” added Shraddha. <br /><br />While teachers said many universities, including the Institutes of Technology (IITs), also have a similar no-fail clause, others felt that the new system will over burden students as they have to give exams of their new as well as the failed semester together.<br /></p>
