New Delhi: According to the new regulations, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is likely to make 4-year UG courses compulsory for Honours degree students. Following this, students who want to graduate with honours in any field will be required to enrol in Four Year Undergraduate Programmes (FYUP).
As per UGC, students must finish four-year programmes worth 160 credits to earn an undergraduate honours degree. But at DU, honours degrees are awarded to students who complete a three-year undergraduate programme in any discipline, in addition to those who finish four-year UG programmes.
This decision won't affect students who have been accepted into four-year undergraduate programmes at Delhi University. The 4-year UG programmes allow students to graduate with honours even if they leave after six semesters or three years, according to the University's Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh.
Adding to the statement, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh said, "We were aware of the new regulations being planned by the UGC. But we will stick to the regulations approved by our own academic bodies in August under which students can graduate with honours after three years as well".
Undoubtedly, a draught of the planned regulations had already been made public by the UGC in March 2022. The UGC made no comments earlier regarding the justification for approving a policy that is different from the one that currently exists in a huge university like the DU.
Informing about the regulation, UGC officials said, “Let things stabilise. The UGC regulations will also provide students with a lot of options with respect to graduating with majors and minors".
Students who wish to undergo a 3-year UG programme will be awarded UG Degree in the Major discipline after successfully completing three years, securing 120 credits, and satisfying the minimum credit requirement," states the draught UGC regulations on curriculum and credit framework for UG programs.
According to the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), the UGC regulations will also permit students who have already enrolled and are studying a three-year UG programme to pursue an FYUP. UGC head Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar remarked, "The university may offer bridging courses to assist students to make the transfer."
Prof. Kumar shared that the medications are in line with the National Education Policy 2020. Students may also choose to leave the FYUP programmes after two semesters, receiving a certificate, while those who leave after successfully completing four semesters receive a diploma.
The four-year programme is desirable, according to the NEP 2020 as it "would offer the opportunity to experience the complete range of holistic and multidisciplinary education in addition to a concentrate on the chosen major and minor as per the student's choices", the officials added.
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