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| Delhi University Crisis Over? |
| Delhi University Crisis Over? Most Colleges Agree to Revert to Three-Year Undergraduate Course
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| INDIA
, 24-June-2014
13:0:35 PM |
| A crisis that has engulfed Delhi University and thousands of students appeared close to resolution this evening with a vast majority of the university's 64 colleges reportedly agreeing to end a controversial four-year undergraduate programme, just 12 months after it was introduced.
Here are the top 10 updates:1.The denouement appears to begin with the resignation of Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh who had championed the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) last year. (Row Over 4-Year Course at Delhi University: 10 Developments)
2.However, late in the evening, there were conflicting reports about the resignation and sources close to the Vice Chancellor said they had urged him to reconsider.
3.The University Grants Commission (UGC), the government agency that funds universities and coordinates college education standards and policies, says Delhi University must cancel its four-year degree immediately. The agency says that the four-year programme violates the nationwide policy and requirement for an undergraduate degree to be completed in three years.
4.Delhi University says that the order violates its autonomy. Others ask why the University Grants Commission allowed the introduction of the four-year course last year. (Delhi University Retains FYUP, Only Tweaks a Little Post UGC Directive)
5.The Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition filed by a Delhi University professor who wants the four-year course to stay. The professor was asked to try the Delhi High Court instead.
6.The central government too refused to intervene and requested the warring sides to arrive urgently at a settlement. "I am not at liberty to comment," said Education Minister Smriti Irani this morning. (Plea for Delhi University's Four-Year Programme Rollback Reaches President)
7.Delhi University introduced the FYUP last year amid opposition from several associations of students and teachers,
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