A section of Delhi University teachers on Tuesday slammed the administration over its decision to roll out choice-based credit system, alleging that it was “falsifying facts” to implement the structure and resorting to “wholesale restructuring” of academic programmes.
DU has directed all faculty heads to start preparations for the implementation of CBCS from the upcoming session.
While DU claims that the decision to implement CBCS was passed by the university’s Academic Council (AC), teachers’ body Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) has alleged that the varsity was “misleading” the students and teachers. In a statement on Tuesday, DUTA alleged that the university has made the decision without seeking the mandate of Executive Council (EC), which is the supreme decision making body of DU. “The DUTA expresses its anguish at the falsification of facts which is consistent with the complete abdication of responsibility shown by the DU authorities in this matter,” DUTA president Nandita Narain said.
“The lack of concern for academics and students is evident in attempting wholesale restructuring in such a short time and wasting three more months to force a ridiculous academic exercise,” she added. “Notwithstanding the considerations which led to such a resolution by the AC in a manner and in a time frame that does not meet minimal academic norms, the V-C did not inform any of the statutory bodies such as the Faculties and the Committees of Courses, which are supposed to have the academic expertise and competence to study the issues involved,” Narain said.