Introduction of Hindi in DU : NEFIS urges, cautions
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 18 2013 :
Urging the Prime Minister Office to effect scrapping of the set of 'reforms' introduced by Delhi University in its four-year undergraduate courses, the North East Forum for International Solidarity has cautioned of launching democratic agitation if their plea is kept unheard.
Even if the authority of Delhi University seems to buckle to pressure and said that Hindi would not be made compulsory for those students from the North-east who are not comfortable with it, the syllabus that was passes and finalized by the University last week has no mention of the exemption for the North-east students.
A statement issued by the North East Forum for International Solidarity said that the present four year 'reforms' which came under severe criticism from several quarters are going to be introduced from next year which is harmful to the interests of the students from the North-east in multifarious ways.
It said that the new course structure has a provision for multiple exit points meaning that students can exit out of the 4 year long bachelor's course at multiple stages.
A student who drops out after the 2nd year would be given a Diploma degree, a third year drop-out Baccalaureate degree and the students who complete all four years of education would be given Baccalaureate with Honours/B Tech degree in their respective subjects.
These provisions would prove extremely harmful to the interests of the students from the North-east, the majority of which belong to the ST and OBC categories, the NEFIS said adding that the system of multiple exit points would sabotage the reservations granted to ST and OBC students in the higher education.
Maintaining that the system of multiple exit points might seem like a flexible step to some, in favour of those students who are forced to drop out due to financial or other constraints, the NEFIS said that the students from the Northeast who travel so far to study at Delhi University strongly disagree with this line of reasoning.
When these misguided 'reforms' are taking place, the University, instead of addressing the root cause of dropping-out of students, which is mainly financial constraints, is systematizing the system of dropping out, it pointed out.
Registering its opposition to the four year course for bachelor's degree on ground that it adds an additional year to the degree that could be attained earlier in three years without adding anything substantial in the curriculum, the NEFIS said this implies an extra year of financial burden which would hit the students from the Northeast the most.