Students protest UGC’s ‘common’ syllabus, ‘transferable’ faculty proposal

Students said like the FYUP, the CBCS dilutes the quality of Honours courses & overburdens students

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Students from JNU and other colleges clash with police near Jantar Mantar on Tuesday. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Hundreds of students gathered at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday to protest against the proposed Central Universities Act and UGC’s prescribed Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS).

The protesters said they were opposed to the Central Universities Act because it required all universities to follow a ‘common’ admission and ‘common’ syllabus along with ‘transferable’ faculty. “This will kill the autonomy of Central universities like DU and JNU, kill their uniqueness, kill their respective areas of strength in teaching and research,” Vijender Sahni, a Delhi University student, said.

“The government is trying to thrust anti-student policies on universities such as the CBCS and the Central Universities Act. The real and dangerous agenda of the proposed Central Universities Act is to enforce ‘uniformity’,” Ashutosh Kumar, JNUSU president, said.

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Students said like the FYUP, the Choice-Based Credit System diluted the quality of Honours courses and overburdened students and teachers with a concoction of uninformed foundation, core and elective papers.

“The present system lacks teachers and infrastructure. To this system, you add new foundation and core courses which the students have no use for.

This government must realise that we aren’t their guinea pigs,” Rajinder, a DU student, said.

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