Basant Kumar Mohanty | 31 October 2026 | The Telegraph
The four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and one-year master’s degree course introduced by the National Education Policy have failed to sustain interest, student accounts and data from colleges show.
Delhi University, among the few institutions to implement the FYUP in 2022-23 as part of its UG curriculum framework, has increasingly witnessed students exiting the programme after three years with an honours degree instead of pursuing the fourth year to earn an honours with research degree.
Of the 75 students who took up political science honours in Hindu College in 2023-24, only eight progressed to the fourth year. In contrast, 18 students from the first (2022-23) batch had completed the fourth year. Political science is one of the most sought-after courses in Hindu College.