<p>Delhi University students expressed mixed feelings on Monday over the UGC’s order to rollback the four-year undergraduate programme and convert it to a three-year course.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I don’t want complete rollback of FYUP as the option of pursuing two discipline papers is one of the most important characteristics of the programme,” said Anamika, a second-year student at Gargi College.<br /><br />The current system exposes students to two subjects and helps them decide which one to pursue for a masters degree, she added.<br /><br />The University Grants Commission ordered the varsity to conduct admissions for the upcoming academic year in the three-year structure and make arrangements for students already enrolled in the four-year course.<br /><br />‘UGC intentions’ <br /><br />It also directed the university to take the necessary steps to stick to the three-year-long undergraduate programme as envisaged under 10+2+3 structure under the National Policy on Education of 1986.<br /><br />“I want the FYUP to be scrapped as foundation courses and project works take away a lot of time and we hardly <br /><br />get time to prepare for the main papers. The time period should be brought down to three years,” said Adrita, a second-year political science student.<br /><br />A group of students who assembled at North Campus on Monday raised questions over the intentions of the UGC. <br /><br />“If the UGC states that it has the right to direct DU on what should be done then why weren’t these actions taken last year?” asked a student in the group. <br /><br />“By this decision, the worst-affected would be those pursuing Bachelors in Technology and Bachelors in Management Studies as these degrees can be provided only under a four-year plan,” said Ansh, a BTech student from Maharja Agrasen College.<br /><br />‘In a mess’<br /><br />Squeezing a three-year-long curriculum in two years would result in a mess, added Ansh.<br />Students also objected to the UGC’s move saying there are already more than 10 universities in our country which follow the four-year programme, including government universities like Ambedkar University.<br /><br />The commission formed a standing committee to facilitate student migration from the four-year-long module. The panel comprises representatives from teacher, student and statutory bodies of the DU.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the DUTA <br /><br />proposed to the UGC that all foundation and applied courses be scrapped and students be offered three discipline-1 and one discipline-2 papers each in the third and fourth semesters and four DC-1 papers in the fifth and sixth semesters with a honours degree in three years.<br /><br />For BTech students, the fourth year should be retained, the DUTA proposed.</p>
<p>Delhi University students expressed mixed feelings on Monday over the UGC’s order to rollback the four-year undergraduate programme and convert it to a three-year course.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“I don’t want complete rollback of FYUP as the option of pursuing two discipline papers is one of the most important characteristics of the programme,” said Anamika, a second-year student at Gargi College.<br /><br />The current system exposes students to two subjects and helps them decide which one to pursue for a masters degree, she added.<br /><br />The University Grants Commission ordered the varsity to conduct admissions for the upcoming academic year in the three-year structure and make arrangements for students already enrolled in the four-year course.<br /><br />‘UGC intentions’ <br /><br />It also directed the university to take the necessary steps to stick to the three-year-long undergraduate programme as envisaged under 10+2+3 structure under the National Policy on Education of 1986.<br /><br />“I want the FYUP to be scrapped as foundation courses and project works take away a lot of time and we hardly <br /><br />get time to prepare for the main papers. The time period should be brought down to three years,” said Adrita, a second-year political science student.<br /><br />A group of students who assembled at North Campus on Monday raised questions over the intentions of the UGC. <br /><br />“If the UGC states that it has the right to direct DU on what should be done then why weren’t these actions taken last year?” asked a student in the group. <br /><br />“By this decision, the worst-affected would be those pursuing Bachelors in Technology and Bachelors in Management Studies as these degrees can be provided only under a four-year plan,” said Ansh, a BTech student from Maharja Agrasen College.<br /><br />‘In a mess’<br /><br />Squeezing a three-year-long curriculum in two years would result in a mess, added Ansh.<br />Students also objected to the UGC’s move saying there are already more than 10 universities in our country which follow the four-year programme, including government universities like Ambedkar University.<br /><br />The commission formed a standing committee to facilitate student migration from the four-year-long module. The panel comprises representatives from teacher, student and statutory bodies of the DU.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the DUTA <br /><br />proposed to the UGC that all foundation and applied courses be scrapped and students be offered three discipline-1 and one discipline-2 papers each in the third and fourth semesters and four DC-1 papers in the fifth and sixth semesters with a honours degree in three years.<br /><br />For BTech students, the fourth year should be retained, the DUTA proposed.</p>
