Logjam for DU student is over

27 06 2014

Logjam for DU student is over and their efforts to get admission in various colleges will begin from Monday onwards.

UGC insisted to act on its directive, the Delhi University on Friday scrapped its controversial four-year undergraduate programme and reverted to the previous three-year structure.”In line with the directive of the UGC, the University has decided to roll back the FYUP. Consequently, the admission process shall be conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13 in all the colleges of the University of Delhi,” Singh said.

Delhi University today scrapped its controversial Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) and reverted to the previous three-year structure. A statement of DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh asked the principals of various colleges of the University to start admissions for the new session. He said that DU recognizes the need of the hour and it is of paramount importance to protect the interests of the students by ensuring the start of the admission process.The decision puts an end to the uncertainty over the admission process for 2014-15 which was triggered due to the stand-off between DU and University Grants Commission over FYUP.
Over 2.7 lakh students have applied for admission to more than 54,000 seats in 64 colleges of the University. The admissions were to begin on June 24 but have been delayed due to the stalemate.
DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh faces lots of criticism from various quarters and his resignation is also sought.The entire controversy moves around the four year course in line with foreign universities but without any proper work on syllabus to put the course on firm pedestal with an option open for three year student to opt for this specialized course willing to go for further study abroad.This logjam should be seen as unpreparedness, callous approach of our  educational mentors with lack of vision and their bloating,fanciful ego with no knowledge of ground realities, However the old is gold educational spirit is to be injected to the young gennext.

Congress leader  Shashi Tharoor condemned the authorities for the improper handling of the tussle between DU and UGC, and making students suffer.
“Surely, the decision withdrawl of FYUP will be welcomed by a lot of students who were not happy with the four-year thing, but the manner in which this entire thing has occurred is deeply dismaying. It appears that there was very little concentration; due processes were not properly followed. The students who have done one year’s work have been left high and dry, and the ones who have been pending admissions have been twisting in the wheel from the last several days. This is no way to treat our education policy. I really think that the university has suffered, the students have suffered,” said Shashi Tharoor.
Text of the letter by Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh
The University of Delhi recognises the need of the hour. It is of paramount importance to protect the interests of the students by ensuring the start of the admission process. In line with the directive of the UGC the University has decided to roll back the FYUP. Consequently the admission process shall be conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13 in all the colleges of the University of Delhi. It is expected that the Principals of our colleges shall assist in devising and ensuring a speedy completion of the admission process.

The admissions were to begin on June 24 but have been delayed due to the stalemate. Singh said DU recognises the need of the hour and it is of “paramount importance” to protect the interests of the students by ensuring the start of the admission process. “It is expected that the principals of our colleges shall assist in devising and ensuring a speedy completion of the admission process,” he said. Hours before the VC’s statement on the rollback of FYUP, DU wrote to UGC saying it was in the process of drafting a response in accordance with the “spirit of your directives” to ensure the admission process starts very soon. It was responding to repeated directives from UGC to dump FYUP and revert to the previous three-year undergraduate programme at the earliest. UGC had late last night sent another letter to DU asking it to roll back FYUP and immediately begin undergraduate admissions. Meanwhile, the Principals’ Association of Delhi University today met to deliberate how to go about with the admissions. SRCC principal P C Jain said they would meet the VC to discuss how to go forward with the admission process under the three-year undergraduate programme. “Principals will individually put forth their issues before the VC,” he said. On being asked about the fate of students pursuing four- year B.Tech courses, Pro-VC Sudheesh Pachauri said that “as of now the statement of the VC is our text. We do not know anything less or more”. The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) welcomed the VC’s statement with its executive committee member Vijaya Venkataraman saying that the “democratic functioning” of the university has been upheld. She also lauded the efforts of HRD Minister Smriti Irani and said the ministry has given an assurance that students’ interest will not be compromised. Amit Awana, President of Delhi University Students’ Union, also hailed the decision to roll back FYUP. “The long movement against FYUP by students has finally succeeded. Also, this will put an end to the dilemma that students had been facing since past three days regarding when the admission process will start,” he said. Reaction from political parties were also pouring in following the rollback of the programme. CPI welcomed the scrapping of FYUP and said it was a “great victory” of teachers, students and officials of DU. “CPI is of the view that the autonomy of the university should not be disturbed and UGC should be careful in future to not to allow this type of deviation from the nationally accepted position in higher education which causes hardship to the students,” it said.