DU pushes ahead with switch in format,approves new degree names,curricula

Twenty-eight of the 54 courses were approved on Tuesday,and the remaining were given a go-ahead on Wednesday. These include subjects like mathematics,statistics,social work,political science,economics,geography,commerce,management studies and music.

History and Sociology departments are yet to submit their curricula for the four-year courses.

According to the new nomenclature for degrees,a ‘diploma’ will be awarded to a student who exits the undergraduate course after two years. A student who opts out of the course after three years will get a bachelors degree. After four years,the student will be awarded a bachelors with honours or a BTech in the main discipline.

Another decision taken during the meeting was about admissions under reserved categories.

“SC,ST,OBC,PH and defence category admissions have been decentralised. Earlier,colleges were allotted to the students,” an AC member Rajesh Jha said.

In addition to this,it has been proposed that the new programme should give students a span period of six years,from the time of admission,to complete the course.

The Executive Council is expected to meet on Thursday to give the final approval to the decisions taken in the AC meetings.

DU response sought on plea against format

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi University on a PIL challenging the implementation of the university’s proposed four-year undergraduate programme in its present form. In the PIL,heard by the bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath,NGO Sambhavana said if the four-year programme is introduced in present form,the students with vision impairment will suffer as they will have to study subjects such as mathematics from which they are exempted.

The High Court asked the university to filed an affidavit by May 15.