UGC's standing committee—now scrapped—had proposed that BTech students under FYUP might be allowed to either exit after three years with a BSc honours degree or opt for the fourth year for a BTech degree. The committee had recommended that DU should grant them BTech degree as promised at the time of admissions. However, BTech in psychology will be scrapped under the three-year course as UGC has categorically stated that such a degree didn't have its approval. Both proposals are yet to be approved.
Some BTech students protested at the UGC office after the rollback was announced on Friday. "BTech degree was promised to us and we want it," said Roopal Kalra, studying computer science at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. "We have protested twice before and submitted a memorandum to UGC," said Karuna Tripathi. "Although the committee gave us an assurance, it was all meant to just settle us down." Many had chosen DU's BTech courses believing these were engineering ones.
The standing committee's recommendation is completely silent about BMS. "I don't think it was a good move. We will be the only batch that will graduate with a BMS and we have no idea of how the placements will go. Rather than making us employable, we have become the guinea pigs of every experiment," said Aakriti Agrawal from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.
And she is not alone. "The scrapping of FYUP was a very hasty move. Our coursework will be severely compromised with and going to the US to pursue a masters degree will be a problem now," said Niharica Bawa, studying commerce at Jesus and Mary College.
The only BTech students who seem to be in favour of a rollback are the students of psychology. "We spent a whole year studying for a BTech degree without actually reaping any benefit. Honestly, a three-year degree works in my favour as I have to study for at least five years to actually gain expertise in my chosen field," said Aleena Ali, a student of Mata Sundri College.
"I am so happy we are reverting to the three-year programme. We might actually learn something worthwhile and use our time productively. Our courses will at last be streamlined. I couldn't have asked for more," said Aishwarya Verma, studying history at Lady Shri Ram.
(Inputs from Riya Jain, Vani Sood, Bhavya Rakhra, Anahitha Sagar, Karan Singh)
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