Dreams of many aspiring undergraduate students, who were hoping to make a career out of sought after courses like B.Tech and Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) from Delhi University (DU), have been given a rude jolt, by a University Grants Commission (UGC) directive.
The scrapping of the BMS course, and similarly, the altering of B.Tech programmes, which would go back to being a three-year BSC course, has cast a shadow on their careers.
Students like Isha and Akshit, and many like them, are now forced to choose alternate career options, in order to pursue their goals in life.
Isha, a resident of Indirapuram, once thought of pursuing food technology through a B.Tech course, but faced bitterness at the hands of the UGC directive, as she is now been left to pursue a course in bio-medicine from the Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, which is thankfully affiliated with the Delhi University.
"I was very happy that I cleared first cut off list, the college is good. However, I was dissappointed because B.Tech has been scrapped, otherwise I could have pursued food technology," Isha told ANI.
She, however, nurtures the hope of opting for medicine if she is able to crack the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (UPCPMT).
"I will go for medicine if I clear UPCPMT," she added.
But she is a tad upset about last ten days upheavel over the FYUP saga between the UGC and the Delhi University.
"I personally feel all this controversy should have happened last year, sometime either in September. This is a crucial time, and it caused such a havoc for everybody. Such a large amount of money was wasted.It caused havoc for people hailing from all around India," she further added.
Akshit, a Delhiite student, hailing from Dwarka, too has been shattered deeply with the scrapping of the BMS course.
"I have been preparing for BMS, since my 12th got over in April. Right now, it (BMS) has been scrapped, and I felt devastated when I heard this piece of news, as I spent (Rs.) twenty thousand in my coaching," Akshit told ANI.
Akshit is now left to choose between doing a BBA from Indraprastha University or taking up B.Com from a not so reputed Delhi College recognised by Delhi University.
"I was planning for management courses. I have an option in IP university in BBA,, or B.Com in DU. I qualified exams in BBA in IP; ranking wise my position is 1590. I have 91.5 percent aggregate, therefore, I won't get in North Campus colleges. I will only look for average colleges if I can get into it," said Akshit.
Shifting focus, the decision to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and switch to the old three-year courses has been welcomed with open arms by reliefed students.
"Three year course are a much better; foundation courses offered in DU were of low grade which are of no use, as it never prepared a student with a global outlook, just a wastage of time," said Isha.
Akshit also sound positive about the scrapping of the FYUP, as he said, "It is a very good thing, it saves one year of the students, and now, they can prepare for higher studies."
Clearly, the developments during the last ten days have been a roller-coaster ride insofar as the future of the students is concerned, and the profound impact on their lives and society at large. (ANI)
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