DU prepared for 1st batch of final-year FYUP college students: V-C

With over 70% of third-year college students opting to finish the elective Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP), Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh mentioned all preparations are in place to welcome the primary batch of FYUP college students into the fourth 12 months on August 1.

“So far, 20,221 college students out of over 72,000 have opted out of the FYUP, which implies greater than 50,000 college students will proceed with the course,” the V-C informed The Hindu.

Over issues about required infrastructure and workload of present lecturers, Mr. Singh mentioned, “We are well-prepared to start the fourth 12 months, and there ought to be no points. Principals are making preparations, and senior lecturers might be taking the fourth-year courses.”

The FYUP, beneath National Education Policy 2020, was adopted by DU in 2022, permits a pupil to obtain a certificates after finishing one 12 months, a diploma after two years, a graduate diploma after the third 12 months, and a graduate diploma with a analysis specialisation after the fourth 12 months.

However, a few of thelecturers say that the universities neither have an sufficient instructing and non-teaching employees nor the required infrastructure for fourth-year college students.

Rajesh Jha, a professor at Rajdhani College, mentioned, “Preparations are beneath method however there are not any extra lecture rooms and lecturers. We need to take the fourth-year courses both early within the morning or late within the night.”

Raising comparable issues, Astha Ahuja, a professor at Aryabhatta College, mentioned, “We are nonetheless struggling to finalise the timetable as there’s a lack of instructing employees.”