DUTA terms CBCS illegal

Under Section 7(4) and Section 30 of the Delhi University Act, “the courses and curricula shall be prescribed by the Ordinances and, subject thereto, by the Regulations.” Under Section 31(1), the Executive Council (EC) makes/amends ordinances for courses on the basis of a draft prepared by the Academic Council (AC). But since the courses did not come to the AC, the amendments have not been made.
Narain said she informed Irani that in many colleges, including Kirori Mal College, Ramjas College, Hindu College, Deshbandhu College, Dyal Singh College and Zakir Hussain College, the admission and examination forms were being filled on the basis of existing courses. “We want the CBCS to be deferred for now. You cannot admit students in one course and then tell them that they will be studying something else. That is completely illegal and can be challenged by any student or parent in court,” she said.

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Former DUTA president Shashwati Mazumdar said the implementation of CBCS was even more hasty than the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme. “One of the reasons for the rollback of the FYUP was that the courses were not put before the Visitor. But the current courses haven’t even been put forward before the AC or any other statutory body. Then why is the University Grants Commission (UGC) not intervening?” she said.

Teachers also questioned the UGC meeting with vice-chancellors of various universities scheduled for July 7. “There is a deliberate attempt to not meet teachers. If they can call a meeting of the VCs, why can’t they meet elected teachers’ representatives?” EC member Abha Dev Habib said.

Former DUTA president Aditya Narayan Mishra and AC member Shashi Shekhar Singh also spoke at the conference. DU VC Dinesh Singh and media co-ordinator Malay Neerav could not be contacted for a comment.

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