DU Academic Council meeting on Feb 9 to discuss UG curriculum framework

The stakeholders were given time till January 30 to submit their feedback. The UGCF had also proposed the implementation of the four-year undergraduate.

DU Academic Council to meet on Feb 9

Delhi University has announced that it will hold its Academic Council meeting on February 9 to discuss the implementation of the undergraduate curriculum framework based on the National Education Policy (NEP 2020). It must be noted that on January 21, the university had released a draft Undergraduate Curriculum Framework 2022 (UGCF-2022) formulated in accordance with the National Education Policy and sought feedback from stakeholders.

An academic council member said the detailed agenda of the meeting had not been sent but a circular said that it will consider the undergraduate curriculum framework -2022 based on the National Education Policy, 2020.

The stakeholders were given time till January 30 to submit their feedback. The UGCF had also proposed the implementation of the four-year undergraduate. However, the curriculum, faced criticism from many sections raising concern that it will reduce the workload of teachers and also the credits for students for undergraduate courses.

Speaking about the same, a senior University official said, "The academic council meeting will discuss the implementation of the UGCF and any minor changes if required. The university has cleared the apprehensions of stakeholders by stating that the workload of teachers won't be reduced."

Earlier this week, Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh laid the foundation stone of a new academic block at Kamala Nehru College (KNC). The college in an official notification said, “The new academic block is a part of the OBC infrastructure expansion plan which will have lecture halls and laboratories spread over three levels. The foundation stone of the present building was laid in 1972 by then-President Shri V.V. Giri and the building was inaugurated by Shrimati Indira Gandhi in 1974."

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