Delhi University mathematics teachers seek general body meeting for syllabus under FYUP

They have written to the DU mathematics department head to hold a general body meeting to discuss the proposal before finalising it for the DU academic council.

Delhi University mathematics teachers seek general body meeting for syllabus under FYUP

Around 52 Delhi University's Mathematics teachers have urged the varsity to conduct a general body meeting of all the math teachers of DU to discuss the proposed structure and syllabus of the new mathematics honours course under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). They have written to the DU mathematics department head to hold a general body meeting to discuss the proposal before finalising it for the DU academic council.

In the petition, the teachers have stressed that the new maths syllabus should be finalised by Delhi University only after discussion with all college teachers. They asked to not approve this in parts.

"At the outset, we would like to point out that the entire structure and syllabus for four years should be placed before the academic council for its consideration, and not just the syllabus for the first year. Apart from the fact that students applying for admission have a right to know what they are going in for, this will also be in the interest of ensuring coherence and balance in an informed manner. Widespread consultation with college teachers, who have been teaching this course and are aware of the needs of undergraduate students, is desirable. For this a General Body meeting of all such teachers should be held, as was done in the past. We are deeply dismayed that not only was a GBM not called, but in a meeting of a committee of select representatives called by the Department, the concerns raised by several college teachers have brushed aside," the petition reads.

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