FYUP: DU teachers oppose extra workload for 4th year
New Delhi:
's upcoming fourth year under the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) has run into fresh trouble. A committee tasked with formulating teaching plans has recommended that no additional faculty be hired to handle the increased workload.
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Instead, it has directed existing teachers to take on extra teaching hours. "As far as departmental workload is concerned, the faculty should be ready to take extra workload as no extra hands will be given for the upcoming fourth-year course," the committee has said, drawing sharp criticism from teachers who say that the move will overburden them and impact academic quality.
The Teaching Programme Committee (TPC), which met on June 10 at Daulat Ram College, also finalised plans for orientation programmes, workload distribution and student mentoring.
The 21-member committee decided that an online orientation for fourth-year students will be held on June 12–13 across disciplines. It also directed teachers-in-charge (TICs) to collect mentor-mentee booklets from third-year students, which will now be used to evaluate students for letters of recommendation.
The minutes noted that all faculty members must engage in a minimum of five hours of teaching-learning activity per day, totaling 40 hours per week, including supervision of research.
While a minimum of 14-16 teaching hours will be assigned per faculty, extra classes may be floated among them. Guest faculty appointments will only be made against vacant sanctioned posts.
"This committee has no authority to decide against appointing guest faculty or compel teachers to take on additional workload," said Vikas Dhaka, president of the Daulat Ram College Staff Association. "If there is workload, the principal should request more faculty from the university instead of using an unauthorised committee to pressure teachers. Imposing more classes on already stretched staff will certainly impact the quality of education.
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DU professor Abha Dev Habib said: "The UGC regulations, 2018, clearly specify 14-16 teaching hours. Forcing teachers beyond that violates norms and undermines the student-teacher ratio, which is essential for quality education."
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