Delhi University Formally Scraps Four-Year Programme, But Uncertainty Still Prevails

New Delhi: The Executive council of the Delhi University (DU) formally passed a resolution scrapping the controversial Four Year Undergraduate Programme or FYUP this morning.

The DU had finally decided to scrap the course yesterday, after a series of stern directives from the University Grants Commission or UGC and strong protests by the students. (Delhi University Scraps Four-Year Undergrad Course, Admissions Soon)

But not everyone is happy with the university's decision to scrap the FYUP.

Students of the university's BTech course held protests outside Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh's office today. They are among the 60,000-odd students admitted to the FYUP last year, who are now worried about the future of their course. (Delhi University Crisis Over? Most Colleges Agree to Revert to Three-Year Undergraduate Course)

The UGC is now working on a plan to shift the students who were admitted last year under the four-year programme to the three-year format.

The DU's principals' panel is expected to meet for the second day today to chalk out a road-map to discuss the transition process. (Delhi University Gets Fresh Letter to Roll Back Four-Year Course)

The date of re-launching the admission process may be decided in the meeting, said sources, but added that various colleges are likely to take some more time to finalise their cut-off lists.

And for the lakhs of students who have applied to DU this year, there is still no clarity about when the admission process will begin.

The standoff between the DU and the UGC - the central funding agency that coordinates college education policies - had forced around 60 colleges in Delhi to put admissions on hold. (Delhi University Gives In, To Begin Admissions On 3-Year Format)

Nearly three lakh students have applied for admission to some 54,000 college seats.

Teachers' associations which had backed the Vice Chancellor and the DU over the FYUP are reportedly worried about whether the autonomy of the University is in peril after it was forced to give in to the UGC's directive.

Meanwhile, some members of the Academic Council of the DU, which also passed a resolution scrapping FYUP, have alleged that it was forcibly passed by the panel.

The Academic Council acts as an advisory body for the Executive Council.