The toppers of Class 12 CBSE keep Delhi University as their first priority and hail the newly introduced Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) by calling it a package of academics and unending opportunities. Students said that their batch had been lucky with the CCE system that took off from the year they joined senior secondary and were optimistic of the changes in the college education.
Paras Sharma, who scored 99 percent with 100 marks in four subjects in Commerce, is heading to DU. As he wishes to join either Shri Ram College of Commerce or the St Stephen's College, he credits the vice-Chancellor, Dinesh Singh for making the change clearer to him. "I read a lot about the new course but one thing that convinced me was an interview of the Vice Chancellor on TV. He spoke on ample number of opportunities and the idea behind the implementation of the new course. After this I researched about it and did not get disappointed as there is so much in store for students. I feel, the protests are just futile. When CCE was introduced, there were apprehensions but it is wonderful and I am sure that FYUP too will bring out wonderful results," said Sharma.
Another Humanities topper with 98 per cent score, Rene Sharanya said she is elated to join the university for several reasons and welcomed the changes in the course structure."My parents are from science background and I will be the first from our family to take admission in DU. There has been a lot of discussions going on about the new courses and after analysing it and talking with the pass outs of other courses, I am sticking to DU as my first priority," said Sharanya, who wants to take admission for Political Science (Honours) in lady Sri Ram College or St Stephens College. Sharanya added that the course was changed by bringing in innovation which is promising for a graduation level student. "I visited to the first Open Day sessions at the University and it was an overwhelming experience. All our queries were answered by the officials patiently," she added.
However, some students shared their opinions suggesting that the University should have briefed about the introduction of the course long back rather than the year of implementation itself. Nikhil Chaturvedi, who is the Science topper in Delhi region, said that the change was unwelcomed by various sections because the information outpoured in the last minute. He said that it could be a promising change but many questions arose for its sudden implementation.
A student topper of Modern School, Bhavya Aggarwal too hailed the new course over the introduction of multidiciplinary courses under one degree.
He said it had a more practical approach to academics which is a need in the country's education system.