Is it a flawed idea or a poor application? DU Beat highlights the concerns in the major drop-outs seen on DU campus.
The new education policy has not been fruitful for most of the DU-ites as the NEP policy enters its 3rd year. This portrays a rising discontent among the student community, primarily because of the utility of subjects under SEC and VAC.
Ansh, a third-year psychology student, says,
The basic idea behind introducing them was good, as it was meant to expose us to more disciplines beyond our current major. But that’s not what is happening; professors most of the time are not interested, nor are students. It just adds on to being another hectic thing that is to be done for grades.”
According to DU India, a leading Instagram page for Delhi University updates, there has been a ‘significant’ drop in the university, primarily because of the huge disinclination of university courses to meet the professional and career requirements of students.
VAC and SEC subjects like the Art of Being Happy, Fit India and Yoga have resulted in substandard acquirements and don’t really meet the professional aspect of an individual. Students have also expressed their chagrin over the amount of stress being given to these subjects regarding the making up of their academic report.
Professors have also portrayed the dilution of academics because of these subjects, mostly affecting the uneven influence it has on the academic report of a student.
Isha, a third-year political science student has a different take on the issue, “If it was up to me and I was running an institute with low compatibility with things that require more manpower and professional qualifications, I would trade these subjects for one-on-one mentoring. freedom with the students to choose how to add value with actual guidance instead of just forcing them to gain ‘skills’ through these ‘practical’ papers. Most students need someone to talk to and a direction to feel free to do their thing and find what they want plus what they’re good at. These subjects add an unnecessary burden on the students”
Similarly. Mishti, another 3rd-year student, says,
It doesn’t add to your CV; it doesn’t really add to your knowledge that much; it does add to your syllabus, though.
The only added benefit is getting a break from the actual syllabus by learning something lightweight.
- Even if, let’s assume, I want to maybe do smth in content creation for children or apiculture, let’s say, the subjects only provide a very basic line of information which you can do a course for (which you can if that’s what you want to pursue in life), and at least you’ll get a certificate for that course for it to be there in your CV.
- Moreover, again assuming that these subjects are some sort of mind stimulants, MOST of them are not even available for the students to take. Either the seats are full, or if you see all the subjects that DU is supposed to be providing, they’re probably not available in your college because of a shortage of faculty.
This definitely points out the extreme disillusionment with the success of the implementation of the NEP, evidently being underlined in the application of an unsystematic arrangement of the 4th-year plan as well.
Kinjal Sharma
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