Govt won't hesitate to replace FYUP with 3-yr course: Vardhan

June 23, 2014 21:34

Union Health Minister and Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan today said government will not hesitate to replace the four-year under-graduate programme with three year under-graduate course.

Vardhan, in a statement released by the Delhi BJP, said that the government has fulfilled its promise by "scraping" the FYUP.

Former president of Delhi University Student Union and Delhi BJP vice-president Ashish Sood has also welcomed the UGC order to Delhi University and its colleges to scrap the controversial FYUP.

Party also said that students, teachers and University fraternity were constantly against the four-year programme since last year when it was forcefully implemented by the DU authorities, ostensibly under verbal instructions of former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal.

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