‘DU Should Opt Out of CUET’: Delhi University Faculty Write to VC About FYUP, Admission Delay
Anu Parthiban | 12 July 2024 | News by Career 360
Delhi University’s elected academic council members, Mithuraaj Dhusiya and Monami Basu, raised issues on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG 2024), and Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF 2024) after the DU AC meeting today. The members submitted a note to the DU vice-chancellor demanding review of policies on the basis of their experiences and said the university “should opt out of CUET”.
“The DU administration’s hurried decision to opt for CUET without regard to the concerns raised by teachers has resulted in total chaos and delay in admissions . The decision to push for CUET was done through a report on the admissions of 2021 that ostensibly laid bare the many ills of a system of admission that was time-tested and was working reasonably well,” they said in a statement.
The teachers demanded that the university should allow colleges to apply for up to 20% excess admission in courses on the basis of their analysis of dropouts in past years.
On crowded classrooms and poor infrastructure, the teachers said: “The Admission Policy for 2022, which allowed 20% excess admissions in all courses in colleges led to excess admissions in courses in which dropout rate is almost nil. This has further skewed the student-teacher ratio in courses like BA (Hons) English, BA (Hons) History, BA (Hons) Political Science and BCom (Hons), especially in the campus colleges.”