As the mess clears, admissions at DU begin today. The cut off was posted by the respective colleges on their website yesterday night. As expected, the cut off was higher than what usually it is. The highest cut off being 99.25 percent for B.Com (hons) from Shree Ram College of Commerce (SRCC).The reason for the higher cut off is that the number of seats in honours courses are again lesser as FYUP has been rolled back.
“The cut offs are very high. Even for south campus colleges, it is very high! I am only waiting for the other cut offs,” said Aishwarya Malik who has just passed her intermediate from Kendriya Vidyalaya(CBSE) with 85 percent marks.
The much awaited standoff between the United Grants Commission (UGC) and Delhi University was finally over when the decision to scrap FYUP (Four Year Undergraduate Programme) was out. Only those courses that were there in 2012 will be offered by the University. The courses that were started in FYUP including BTech and Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) will also be discontinued.
“I am not happy with the scrapping of FYUP. We were getting two degrees with just one more year of college. There sure were weaknesses in FYUP but could have been overcome. Repairing FYUP would have been a better option,” said Kashish Vikram, a sociology student from Miranda House.
As proposed by the university, the students from the FYUP batch will be migrated to the three year system wherein the syllabus will be modified accordingly.
“It is obviously good. Finally, we will not be studying foundation courses! Why would someone who opted for commerce be interested in studying subjects like hindi and science. I am glad that torture is over now,” expressed Angad Shishodia, an english student from Shri Aurobindo College.
The ministry had cautioned the UGC that any delay in coming up with a final decision will lead to deterioration of the law-and-order situation in the campus for which Dinesh Singh, VC of DU will be held responsible.
After days of silence, Delhi University finally took a step on the 27th of June by writing to the UGC suggesting a blended programme of the 3 year undergraduate system and FYUP. The blend, as suggested by DU, included foundation courses only in the first year and hence, it would have retained some essence of the FYUP. Moreover, the university had proposed that some courses like BTech in computer science and IT would continue to be of four years only.
However, UGC had declined this proposal by rejecting to retain foundation courses even in the first year. In addition, they had said that there is no point in having FYUP even for some courses when the whole programme is illegal as it did not comply with the country’s 10+2+3 education norm.
The regulator of the UGC, a statutory body of government that maintains university education standards in India, told the colleges on the 22nd of June to take admissions in the three year programme only. It even threatened the colleges that the aid will be withdrawn if the directive is not followed. A statement by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Union Health Minister even strengthened the UGC’s side when he said that all possible steps will be taken to roll FYUP back! 57 out of the 64 colleges of Delhi University have even agreed to roll back FYUP.
The students who were seeking admission in the university seemed in a very strenuous situation till the time this mess was around.
Out stationers had come to Delhi a day before the first cut off was supposed to be out in order to secure their seats unaware of the fact that DU will put admissions on hold. They had no option other than residing in the National Capital till the time things got finalized.
The UGC had ensured that the interest of the FYUP students will be kept in mind while taking any decision but the news still had caused tension among them.
“Even we were a bit tensed when the semester system was initiated but here the things were completely different. I am very happy as FYUP is scrapped now. It was only a wrong decision taken in haste,” expressed S.D Gupta, who just completed his english (honours) from SGTB Khalsa College.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Dinesh Singh who even received Padma Shri earlier this year for his contributions to the university which included implementation of FYUP, had been the centre of news. The University media coordinator informed reporters that VC had resigned but an hour later writer Madhu Kishwar who stepped out of his house said the he hasn’t resigned.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Dinesh Singh who even received Padma Shri earlier this year for his contributions to the university which included implementation of FYUP, had been the centre of news. The University media coordinator informed reporters that VC had resigned but an hour later writer Madhu Kishwar who stepped out of his house said the he hasn’t resigned.
With most students feeling relieved as the admission process is finally about to begin, the BTech and BMS students continue to protest. They protested outside HRD Minister, Smriti Irani’s house yesterday demanding that their four year course should not be scrapped. They are even ready to move to court, if required. Some students even sat on a hunger strike outside Irani’s house and said they will not move till their demand will be met.
“This is unfair on our part. If our course continues to be of four years, we will be graduating with our juniors. And if it gets changed to three year system, we will be getting BTech anymore. I feel very baffled about it,” said Paridhi Vats, a BTech psychology student from Lady Shri Ram College.
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