: Students Body Opposes NEP2020 and Delhi University FYUP #IndiaNEWSAll #Students/Youth The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) has released an official statement against the Delhi University Executive

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Students Body Opposes NEP2020 and Delhi University FYUP #IndiaNEWSAll #Students /Youth
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) has released an official statement against the Delhi University Executive Council’s latest decision to re-launch a four-year-undergraduate programme or FYUP for the the academic year 2022-23. The SFI, in its statement, terms it “insensitive, arbitrary and undemocratic”. This is the University’s second attempt to implement FYUP after 2014, when it was resisted by students and many faculty members alike. The SFI argues that it provides “no scholastic value” or additional gain to students but simply “dilutes the course” by extending the time taken to acquire a Bachelor’s degree. The FYUP structure offers multiple exit points for students but according to SFI, this puts marginalised students and those who choose to opt out earlier than others at a disadvantage than those who complete the entire four years’ duration of the course.
Below is the entire text of the statement.
Read the statement below:
The Students’ Federation of India stands vehemently opposed to the National Education Policy 2020 as well as the decision by the Delhi University Executive Council to implement four year undergraduate programme (FYUP) with multiple entry and exit system (MEES) from the next academic session 2022-23. As per the new structure, students in DU will now get the option of pursuing three-year Honours or four-year Honours in a discipline or a four-year Honours in a discipline with research. The students can also exit after one year with a certificate or second year with a Diploma and re-enroll after a gap.
The FYUP was introduced in University of Delhi earlier in 2014 and scrapped following massive outrage from students and teachers. NEP 2020 too has received much backlash from the stakeholders for accelerating commercialization of public funded education and for its centralisation motive that paves way for communalisation and democratic backsliding. FYUP raises several concerns among the student and teaching community, which have been vocalised by several bodies including the Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) and progressive student organisations such as SFI. Anti-FYUP protestors also took to the streets demanding the rollback of the decision to implement it from the next academic year (2022-23) after it is passed by the statutory bodies.
Many academics argue that the four year undergraduate programmes adds no scholastic value to the degree rather it dilutes the course to extend the period of a bachelor’s degree, and offers no additional gain to the students. Introducing FYUP would be most detrimental to students from OBC, SC/ST and other marginalized communities.

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