The Delhi Minority Commission (DMC) closed the case against Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College in connection with a complaint that it has dropped an Urdu paper being taught to first and second year BA programme students.
According to a statement issued by the Commission on Sunday, the college has provided all answers sought by them. "The college has informed DMC that it has not dropped the Urdu course and it arranges a guest teacher even if just one student opts for Urdu. The college has also provided a chart of students opting for Urdu since the course was introduced and their numbers did not exceed seven in any year while in 2016 no student opted for Urdu. In the current year (2018) five students are reading Urdu in the college. After this explanation, the case against Shriram College has been dropped," the Commission said.
On July 16, DNA reported that the commission has also sought details on the number of students opted for the papers over the years and a tally of teachers being hired for the discipline.
Speaking to DNA, LSR principal Suman Sharma had denied the claims saying, "We have not dropped any paper in the Urdu language. It is just there have been no takers for the paper. We will definitely provide a teacher if some student would like to take the subject."
Under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), the students can opt for the subject as one of its core paper in the first and second years. Presently, a handful of DU colleges, including St Stephens, Zakir Hussain College and Kirori Mal College, have permanent faculty member for the discipline.
SATISFACTORY
- According to a statement issued by the Commission on Sunday, the college has provided all answers sought by them.
- The college also gave the list of students who had opted for the course. Each year not more than 7 students opted for the course
