New Delhi: Delhi University officials said that the varsity is preparing the curriculum of its various undergraduate programmes which will take another three to four months.
Prepared in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP), Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF) was approved by the executive council of the university on February 11.
“We are now moving to get the courses done. The work has just begun. We will put the course content up for public feedback. The process will take another three to four months,” an official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
The UGCF includes two features of the NEP — the multidisciplinary approach and the multiple entry and exit scheme (MEES). Students can exit at the end of an academic year with a degree, under MEES.
According to the draft, students will earn a total of 176 credits after the fourth year of their undergraduate degrees. Students need to earn a minimum of 50 per cent credits in a discipline to get a degree with a major in that discipline.
“The university will start work on framing the postgraduate curriculum after the undergraduate curriculum work is completed. It doesn’t mean we are deferring it. It’s just that the first batch of students will become eligible for one year Masters’ degree after four years so that gives us time to work on the syllabus for postgraduate courses,” the official was quoted as saying by the news agency.
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