Amid the much hue and cry about the issue of propose four year bachelors degree courses in Delhi University, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor has said that there should be no political interference in the decisions of a university.
He was commenting on the issues in whihc MPs sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to stop the proposed four-year bachelors degree course in Delhi University.
During his interaction organized for an online forum by Google Hangout, he said, "Politicians and bureaucrats should not interfere in the decisions of a university. It should be decided by the academicians."
The minister said any interference from the HRD ministry or government in the implementation of the planned four-year course in Delhi University would set a bad precedent.
The minister, who has been supporting the Delhi University decision to implement a four-year graduation course in place of the present three-year course, said the ministry was convinced that all due procedures were followed in taking the decision.
"They had given us a convincing argument that all process was followed by the academic council, which approved the course," he said.
There are many unanswered questions around the decision, he admitted, adding that it would be best for academicians, not politicians, to sort them out.
"I asked them what happens to the students from other universities, who would come to Delhi University for masters after doing a three-year course. They said, while a graduate with three year course will have to do two years masters, the one with four year course can do it in one year.
"However, what if a student from Delhi University goes to any other Indian university? They did not have an answer, but it is for the academicians to sit and sort out such things," he said.
(With inputs from IANS)
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