The UGC had last night set a deadline of this morning for the Delhi University to roll back the controversial four-year undergraduate programme and start admission for the old three-year structure.
In response to the UGC's order, the DU sent a letter this morning to the Commission which said "the university is of the opinion that given the situation where admissions are being delayed, time is the essence and hence this blended proposal submitted by some eminent persons to the UGC and DU may provide the necessary way forward.
Speaking to media persons, DU's Media Coordinator Malay Neerav said, "We received a new proposal wherein the honours degree will be given in 3 years. We won't need much time to implement this proposal. We have written a letter to UGC stating the same. We are now awaiting UGC's response on the new proposal from UGC."
"UGC has been writing letters to us urging us to start admitting students based on the old three-year format. We have told them that we need time to follow the old procedure because there are course committees, statutory bodies and they will need to meet for that purpose.
However, if we can tweak the existing (+4) course into the +3 format wherein BA (Hons) Degree will be given in 3 years and we can start admitting the students as soon as possible," Neerav said.