DU to implement 4-year undergraduate program from next year: 10 marks

So, what will change from the next academic session with the implementation of the National Policy on Education (NEP) and the four-year undergraduate programme. Let’s try to understand.

1) Four year program will be started in DU from next academic session.

2) There will be multiple entry/exit (MEES) scheme where students will be able to enter and exit the program in different stages.

3) Students can start their studies right from where they left off, if they decide to drop out.

4) Students are likely to get the option of pursuing Honors plus Research degree after completing the four-year course.

5) Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) was also approved in the meetings held last week.

6) The concept of ABC was recommended under the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which allows students to leave and join a course after a certain time from where they left it. Through ABC – movement of students within a university, from one course to another and from one institution to another across universities – will also be possible.

7) EC, which is the highest decision making body of the University, approved MEES and ABC.

8) In a dissenting note against the implementation of the policy, members said it would lead to privatization and commercialization of education, and that its implementation would lead to “the destruction of the largest public funded university in India”.

9) The members also said that the quality of education and quality of education in the university will be affected by the implementation of NEP 2020.

10) The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) on Tuesday held an online protest against the implementation of NEP.

– With PTI input