Students protest against Delhi University's FYUP Programme on Thursday, June 26. The university has decided to scrap the controversial programme.
The Executive council of the Delhi University or DU has formally passed a resolution scrapping the controversial Four Year Undergraduate Programme or FYUP.
The Academic Council of DU, which acts as an advisory body for the Executive Council, had earlier passed the same resolution.
Some members of the Academic Council had alleged that no discussions were held on the resolution and it was forcibly passed.
There is still no clarity for lakhs of students about when the admission process will begin in DU colleges. (
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The standoff between the DU and the University Grants Commission or UGC - the central funding agency that coordinates college education policies - had forced around 60 colleges in Delhi to put admissions on hold.
Nearly three lakh students have applied for admission to some 54,000 college seats.
Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh had yesterday announced that the four-year progamme would be rolled back and students would be admitted under the old three-year format in place till two years ago. (
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"The University of Delhi recognises the need of the hour. It is of paramount importance to protect the students by ensuring the start of the admission process," Mr Singh had said.
Question marks also remain on the future course of action for the 60,000-odd students who had been admitted to FYUP last year,
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. They now have to complete the remaining three years in two.
Teachers' associations which had backed Mr Singh 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, the principals' panel is expected to meet for the second day today to chalk out a road-map to discuss the transition process.
The date of relaunching the admission process may be decided in this meeting, said sources, but the various colleges are likely to take some more time to finalise their cut-off lists.