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Please read the full story below:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-hc-issues-notice-to-du-over-four-year-undergraduate-programme/1/269911.html
Delhi HC issues notice to DU over four-year undergraduate programme
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi University on a
public interest litigation (PIL) challenging its proposed four-year
undergraduate programme with multiple degrees in its present form.
A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath
sought a response from the university by May 15.
The proposed course, if introduced in present form, will cause
irreparable loss to students with impaired vision, advocate Pankaj
Sinha, appearing for the petitioner NGO Sambhavana, told the court.
Delhi University is to implement the four-year undergraduate programme
from its next academic session in July this year.
Sambhavana, which works for the welfare of disabled students, said:
If the four-year undergraduate programme with multiple degree is
introduced in present form, the students with vision impairment will
suffer irreparable loss as they shall not be able to participate in
the mainstream education system.
Students with visual impairment are presently exempted from studying
science and maths after Class 8 in some cases and after Class 10 in
most of the cases, the NGO pointed out.
In case the existing approved programme is implemented, such students
shall not be able to meet the requirements of the foundation course in
the first year of the four-year undergraduate programme which contains
a bouquet of 11 courses, including Building Mathematical Ability and
Science and Life as mandatory, the petition said.
It asked the court to direct Delhi University to introduce a bridge
course programme for maths and science for students with vision
impairment so they could also be given a level-playing field to pursue
the foundation course as prescribed in the first year.
The petition said: A large number of students with vision impairment
seek admission in Delhi University every year. They cannot be deprived
of studying the foundation course on an equal basis with other
students. Therefore, a provision of the bridge course should be
followed by the foundation course in second year of the said
programme.
The four-year undergraduate programme with multiple degree does not
take into consideration the concern of the students with vision
impairment, therefore, the same is arbitrary and illegal, hence
discriminatory, it said.
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Avichal bhatnagar
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