Recently passed semester system rejected for Science courses at Delhi University.

New Delhi: Science teachers at the Delhi University (DU) have decided to follow the English and Mathematics departments of DU in refusing to teach the new course module introduced with approval from the Academic Council under the new semester system.

A General Body meeting took place on Wednesday which was attended by around 350 teachers of DU from various science departments such as Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Electronics and Computer Science. It was unanimously decided by them to reject the new course.

The Academic Council had met on May 13,2010 and decided that the semester system would be introduced in all science courses  of the university except B.Sc.(H) Mathematics and B.Sc.(H) Chemical Sciences.

The General Body of Science rejected the semester system claiming that V.C Deepak Pental had passed the system illegally and without prior consultation from the concerned departments. The science faculty also decided that they would not be teaching any courses that are under the semester system.

Secretary of the General Body of Science, V. K Singh, said that all teachers wanted the courses to be taught in the usual annual format.

The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) was also approached by the General Body of Science, urging them to decide unanimously to oppose the semester system being implemented for undergraduate courses without discussion or debate.