Delhi University: Professors fear students' right to 'choose' subjects in 4-year UG course may get revoked
Delhi University is due to make a decision on Saturday that would determine if students undertaking the institution’s 4-year UG program would have the ‘choice’ to select the subjects under the minor degree course, according to a TOI report.
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The agenda proposes that certain subjects in the course should be treated as “mandatory” in the revised syllabi, for the students to be awarded under the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS). Annexure 4.23 of the EC agenda states that some subjects have been marked as “mandatory to get a minor degree”.
This has brought forth a critical concern, dividing the institution’s faculty members. A senior faculty member of a college in the North Campus said that the logic behind this decision is questionable. The member believes that the university is imposing subjects on students who chose to take a course that they were promised would be flexible and interdisciplinary, as mentioned in the National Education Policy 2020.
“To get the minor degree, the student will inevitably opt for that subject. This raises many questions. What is the purpose of the list? Why would a student select a subject that ultimately fails to contribute to a degree? Previously, every student had the liberty to choose any subject from the list, but now it undermines the whole purpose of having this system,” the faculty member said.
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