After having faced repeated criticisms head-on for its newly-introduced Foundation Courses, Delhi University seems to be in damage control mode. On Sunday, the University launched a blog as redress mechanism for teachers in conducting these courses.
The blog, especially meant for the English foundation course, is titled, language, literature, creativity-II (English). “The teachers thought it would be a good idea to have access to a blog as a common portal on the four-year undergraduate course website, for sharing and building additional electronic notes to the classroom,” said
M Madhusudhan, Deputy Dean, academics and webmaster of the new blog.The new four-year undergraduate programme of DU makes it mandatory for all the students enrolled to take up these Foundation Courses.
This has been started soon after the Special Orientation Modules for the Foundation Courses were conducted by the varsity. “While studying the module, teachers raised issues that the blog hopes to address,” Madhusudhan added.
“The blog gives space for sharing ideas, news and experiences. It also acts as a forum for building additional resources for students and faculty involved with the course,” the blog’s introduction reads. Apart from this, a separate section for the four-year undergraduate course is also provided on the official website of Delhi University.