New Delhi: As part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the Delhi University (DU) is contemplating four-year undergraduate courses, the officials said on Thursday.
However, the teacher’s associations have flagged concerns and alleged that the varsity was trying to push the NEP without “wider consultation”, reported Hindustan Times.
DU had formed a panel in September to formulate the guidelines for the implementation of the NEP 2020.
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The teachers said the committee members had received an email regarding the courses last week to add to their guidelines, including undergraduate courses of four years. DU had introduced the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) back in 2014, but the government scrapped it after massive protests by students and teachers.
DU teachers’ body, the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF), issued a statement mentioning that a proposed plan shared with the members of the panel included several “objectionable” points including, “Honours courses to be recast into majors in four years. Students will not get an honours degree in three years. Language courses and smaller departments not offering Honours courses will close down. And, if students choose to exit from the course after 1st and 2nd year, they will get a certificate and diploma, respectively.”
“It’s unfortunate to note that the University of Delhi has not learned its lessons from its colossal failure of the past, especially in academic reforms. The NEP is only a rehash of the FYUP in many ways. DU should not implement these decisions in haste without consulting the teachers and students,” DTF president Nandita Narain was quoted as saying by HT.
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