New Delhi: Is Delhi University's 4-year Undergraduate course set to be scrapped? Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Human Resources Development Ministry is reviewing the four-year course and the process of consulting stakeholders has begun.
However, sources say HRD Minister Smriti Irani is convinced about scrapping it. This was one of the poll promises made by the BJP before the Lok Sabha elections.
A delegation of teachers and students from the Delhi University had met Irani last week and had submitted a memorandum urging her to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme and sack DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh.
Irani had told the delegation that she understood their concern, the urgency to roll back the programme and that her party would stick to its commitment spelled out in its manifesto, said a delegation member. "She told the delegation that she will hold widespread consultation on this matter at all levels and take a decision," Saikat Ghosh, an executive member of the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) said.
Delhi University upgraded its three-year undergraduate programme to four years from the 2013 academic session. The brainchild of Dinesh Singh, the move had drawn flak from the teachers fraternity and students.
(With additional information from IANS)
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