Delhi University's fresh curriculum to be ready in 3-4 months: officials

On February 11, the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF), prepared in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, was approved by the executive council of the university.

Delhi University is at present preparing the curriculum for its various undergraduate courses and the process is expected to take another three to four months, as per the officials. On February 11, the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF), prepared in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, was approved by the executive council of the university.

The UGCF includes two features of the NEP — the multidisciplinary approach and the multiple entry and exit scheme (MEES). Under MEES, students will be given the option to exit at the end of an academic year with a degree. As per the draft, the students will stand to earn a total of 176 credits at the end of the fourth year of their undergraduate degree. They need to earn a minimum of 50 per cent credits in a discipline to get a degree with a major in that discipline.

“We are now moving to get the courses done. The work has just begun. We will put the course content up for public feedback. The process will take another three to four months,” an official said.

It must be noted that Delhi University will admit students through the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET). The new batch of students that will be admitted to Delhi University through the CUCET will be studying the revised courses. The university will get a nearly four-year window to work out the modalities of the postgraduate courses.

“The university will start work on framing the postgraduate curriculum after the undergraduate curriculum work is completed. It doesn’t mean we are deferring it. It’s just that the first batch of students will become eligible for one year Masters’ degree after four years so that gives us time to work on the syllabus for postgraduate courses,” the official said.

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