DU approves syllabus for new courses

New Delhi, April 25, 2013 [PTI] --- Delhi University today announced the approval of syllabus for courses in Commerce and Mathematical and Applied Sciences even as a section of teachers continued to accuse the varsity of being "undemocratic" in its process.  A statement issued by the university said the faculties for Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Commerce and Mathematical Sciences have approved the syllabus for these courses at their meetings today.  Unhappy with the approved syllabus, a section of teachers continued to cry foul that the departments were following an "undemocratic process to pass these courses under the pressure of the authorities".  Hem Chand Jain, a Commerce Professor in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, alleged select teachers were asked to prepare the syllabus for Commerce subjects with each paper being structured by a small group of 3-4 teachers. "The university seems to expect from teachers that they will pass a 200-page syllabus document in one meeting without reading it. This is a mockery of the democratic system," he said. Jain further alleged several important papers of the current course structure have been dropped for the four-year programme.