The migration policy for transfer of students from the previous four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) in Delhi University to the three-year course is stuck in limbo due to the lethargic attitude of the University Grants Commission (UGC) which has otherwise been rather proactive in scrapping the programme. With just a couple of weeks left before the new academic session 2014-15 begins, the UGC is yet to give its ‘go-ahead’ for the policy-making.
Interestingly, the UGC said that the DU does not require its recommendation to frame the migration policy. However, the dilly-dallying on part of UGC is clear from the fact that no standing committee meeting on this issue has been held yet. The session of all colleges of the university is expected to begin anytime after July 21.
Nandita Narain, a member of the UGC standing committee and the president of DU Teachers’ Association (DUTA), said the process for the migration of children from FYUP to the three-year programme should have started straight after the rollback. “There has been a delay from the university and the UGC’s side. While the university should not use the delay as an excuse for not starting the process, the UGC too has no reason to delay the process. Things need to set rolling soon,” said Narain. She said the DUTA executive members held a meeting and devised a method to accommodate DC-I papers. “We will place this in front of the standing committee of UGC during the next meeting which should be on Tuesday,” added Narain.
University officials are, however, clear about their stance. A source in the university said that the officials will only go by the recommendation they receive from the UGC. “As per the orders, the standing committee of the UGC will first send us a recommendation which we will take up in the Academic Council (AC). However, no such recommendation has been received yet,” said the source. On the other hand, sources in UGC claimed that migration of students is a prolonged procedure that the university has to start on its own. “The committee of courses needs to meet and adjust discipline courses in two years without overburdening students. There is no need for the UGC’s recommendation for that.”