In line with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) promise to revoke the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), its youth wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has also pinned its hopes on the newly-appointed Government. According to sources, ABVP is likely to approach the Education Minister once appointments are announced to put forward all the issues they have with FYUP.
Sources in the student body said on Monday that they were just waiting for the portfolios to be given out before they approach the government for help. “We have been fighting against FYUP for a long time, but the previous Government was in favour of it. They didn’t understand the intricate problems of this programme. But BJP leaders have previously also supported our ideology. Thus, we want to approach them right in the beginning so that something can be done,” said a spokesperson from ABVP.
Though BJP has earlier mentioned revoking the course structure, it is unlikely that anything will be implemented for the 2014-15 academic session. Even ABVP workers are not very confident of the change, but are still pushing. A member of the student body said, “Since admissions are around the corner it is not possible for such a drastic change to come about. However, we are at least hoping that some changes will be made midway in the structure of the programme.”