Two members of the Delhi University’s Executive Council have written to Yogesh Singh, DU vice chancellor, urging him to make ‘amendments’ within the construction of the brand new curriculum. They additional claimed that it could dilute ‘academic rigour’. The new curriculum can be applied from the tutorial 12 months 2022-23.
In February, the DU Executive Council had accredited an Undergraduate Curriculum Framework-2022, or, UGCF-2022, as formulated by a National Education Policy (NEP 2020). A bit of lecturers have opposed the proposed construction of the UGCF.
In a letter to the VC, two EC members – Seema Das and Rajpal Singh Pawar — argued that the UGCF has been ‘haphazardly made’ by an ‘extra-statutory’ physique – NEP cell.
“The University of Delhi has been a premier institution, widely acclaimed for a high standard of teaching, learning and research. However, based on New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF) 2022 has been haphazardly made by an extra-statutory body, ie NEP Cell leading to the dilution of academic rigour,” the letter learn.
According to them, the brand new curriculum will lead to an enormous displacement of lecturers, particularly of these employed on an advert hoc foundation.
“As per authentic information, the student-teacher ratio is being doubled in comparison to the present student-teacher ratio across subjects/disciplines by the UGC and hence, the University of Delhi. This will drastically reduce workload leading to massive displacement of teachers, especially those working in ad hoc capacity,” the letter additional added.
“The total weightage of core papers in CBCS/LOCF (Choice Based Credit System/ Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework) is 70-75% but in the current UGCF 2022, it is merely 45-50 %. This will reduce the workload,” they mentioned.
The letter argued that the discount of total credit score from 196 to 176 in 4 years and 148 to 132 in three years would result in a big lower within the workload.
The members additionally mentioned that the NEP’s Multi Entry-Exit system (MEES) and Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) ‘institutionalised a fluctuating workload and roster’. According to them, the MEES will hamper the implementation of the constitutionally compulsory provisions of reservation for SC/ST/OBC/EWS in instructing jobs.
“Removal of English as an option from AEC, or Ability Enhancement Courses, and as the compulsory language core in BA and BCom, will drastically reduce the workload of the English departments in colleges,” they mentioned.
With inputs from PTI.
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