The four-day deadlock over
admission to Delhi University's undergraduate course ended today with Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh relenting under UGC's pressure and scrapping the controversial four year programme.
However, students seeking admission to the undergraduate programme in Delhi University may have to wait for a few more days with a newly-set up panel of principals being asked to devise the modalities for admissions.
Singh issued a statement this afternoon asking principals of various colleges affiliated to the varsity to start admissions for the new session under the three-year format.
The standoff was apparently resolved by a late night strong letter written by the University Grants Commission(UGC) to DU to rollback the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) immediately and start admissions.
"In line with the directive of the UGC, the University has decided to roll back the FYUP. Consequently, the admission process shall be conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13 in all the colleges of the University of Delhi," Singh said.
The decision has put an end to the uncertainty over the admission process for 2014-15 which was triggered due to the row over FYUP between DU and UGC.
Over 2.7 lakh students have applied for admission to more than 54,000 seats in 64 colleges of the varsity.
Singh said DU recognises the need of the hour and it is of "paramount importance" to protect the interests of the students by ensuring the start of the admission process.
"It is expected that the principals of our colleges shall assist in devising and ensuring a speedy completion of the admission process," he said.
