<div><span>Delhi University today formally scrapped its controversial four-year undergraduate programme after a resolution to revert back to the three-year format was passed by the varsity's Academic and Executive Councils.<br /><br /></span><div>The development has come a day after DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh announced that the university has agreed to roll back FYUP as directed by the University Grants Commission.<br /><br /></div><div>Emergent meetings of the two statutory bodies of the University had been called this morning to pass the resolution for implementation of the three-year undergraduate programme and to follow admission process as conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13.<br /><br /></div><div>The resolution was passed with a majority by both the councils. However, no discussions took place.<br /><br /></div><div>"Academic Council has passed the resolution to implement the three-year under graduate programme without holding any discussion which is very unfortunate," Sanjay Kumar, AC member who opposed the resolution, said.<br /><br /></div><div>Same was the scenario in the EC meeting. "In Executive council, VC Dinesh Singh tabled resolution and passed it within few minutes," EC member Aditya Narayan Mishra said.<br /><br /></div><div>With no discussions taking place, the fate of students enrolled into the B.Tech and Bachelor in Management Sciences (BMS) courses was still unknown even as a meeting of newly-set up panel of principals asked to devise the modalities for admissions is at present underway.<br /><br /></div><div>"A 12-member committee of principals formed by DU VC will look after the B.Tech issue and it has to take final call on this matter," Mishra said.<br /><br /></div><div>Hundreds of B.Tech students staged a protest outside the VC's office demanding that their course should not be changed to a three-year programme.<br /><br /></div><div>Delhi University yesterday decided to scrap the FYUP after UGC mounted pressure to roll it back.<br /><br /></div><div>The VC yesterday issued a statement asking principals of various colleges affiliated to the varsity to start admissions for the new session under the three-year format.<br /><br /></div><div>The decision has put an end to the uncertainty over the admission process for 2014-15 which was triggered due to the row over FYUP between DU and UGC.<br /><br /></div><div>Over 2.7 lakh students have applied for admission to more than 54,000 seats in 64 colleges of the varsity.</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div><span>Delhi University today formally scrapped its controversial four-year undergraduate programme after a resolution to revert back to the three-year format was passed by the varsity's Academic and Executive Councils.<br /><br /></span><div>The development has come a day after DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh announced that the university has agreed to roll back FYUP as directed by the University Grants Commission.<br /><br /></div><div>Emergent meetings of the two statutory bodies of the University had been called this morning to pass the resolution for implementation of the three-year undergraduate programme and to follow admission process as conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13.<br /><br /></div><div>The resolution was passed with a majority by both the councils. However, no discussions took place.<br /><br /></div><div>"Academic Council has passed the resolution to implement the three-year under graduate programme without holding any discussion which is very unfortunate," Sanjay Kumar, AC member who opposed the resolution, said.<br /><br /></div><div>Same was the scenario in the EC meeting. "In Executive council, VC Dinesh Singh tabled resolution and passed it within few minutes," EC member Aditya Narayan Mishra said.<br /><br /></div><div>With no discussions taking place, the fate of students enrolled into the B.Tech and Bachelor in Management Sciences (BMS) courses was still unknown even as a meeting of newly-set up panel of principals asked to devise the modalities for admissions is at present underway.<br /><br /></div><div>"A 12-member committee of principals formed by DU VC will look after the B.Tech issue and it has to take final call on this matter," Mishra said.<br /><br /></div><div>Hundreds of B.Tech students staged a protest outside the VC's office demanding that their course should not be changed to a three-year programme.<br /><br /></div><div>Delhi University yesterday decided to scrap the FYUP after UGC mounted pressure to roll it back.<br /><br /></div><div>The VC yesterday issued a statement asking principals of various colleges affiliated to the varsity to start admissions for the new session under the three-year format.<br /><br /></div><div>The decision has put an end to the uncertainty over the admission process for 2014-15 which was triggered due to the row over FYUP between DU and UGC.<br /><br /></div><div>Over 2.7 lakh students have applied for admission to more than 54,000 seats in 64 colleges of the varsity.</div><div><br /></div></div>