DU Raises Passing Criteria for UG Students to 63%; Check Details Here

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.The undergraduate students studying in Delhi University-affiliated colleges will have to get a combined percentage of 63% in their first and second semesters in order to qualify for promotion.

New Delhi: Delhi University has increased its passing criteria for promotion for students admitted to undergraduate courses from 50% to 63% with an immediate effect.The undergraduate students studying in Delhi University-affiliated colleges will have to get a combined percentage of 63% in their first and second semesters in order to qualify for promotion.

However, students representing Delhi University in sports, extra curricular activities, the National Cadet Corps (NCC), and National Service Scheme (NSS), among others, may be exempted from the criteria, subject to approval from their college's competent authority.

A university official stated that this step has been taken to address the shortcomings in implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF) 2022 at Delhi University.

"Under the previous passing and promotion rules, a student was eligible for promotion from the first year to the second year of the course provided he/she cleared 50 percent of the exams of the first and second semesters taken together. The students had to clear seven papers and obtain a total of 22 credits to get promoted," the official said.

"However, because all papers do not have the same credits under the NEP-UGCF 2022, it is possible that a student can get promoted to a subsequent year on passing just three papers of both the semesters and one general elective with only 36 per cent score," as said by a member of the committee which formulated the guidelines for the promotion criteria.

To address the issue, a 12-member committee, including principals from Miranda House, Kirori Mal College, Lady Shri Ram College, and other DU colleges, along with the Dean of Academics and the Controller of Examinations (COE), met on May 7. They reviewed the implementation shortcoming of the NEP-UGCF 2022 and made recommendations, which were approved by DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on May 28, 2024.

These recommendations were subsequently approved by the DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on May 28, he added.

The anomaly in implementing the NEP-UGCF 2022 "is causing loss to the students' academic growth and defeating the goals set in NEP 2020," the committee observed, reaching a consensus that the passing and promotion rules needs to be reviewed.

The committee observed that the anomaly in implementing the NEP-UGCF 2022 "is hindering students' academic growth and undermining the goals set by NEP 2020," and reached a consensus that the passing and promotion rules need to be reviewed.

The committee recommended that students should complete 50 percent of the academic requirements to be eligible for promotion next year. It also suggested that students must earn at least 28 credits, up from the previous requirement of 22 credits, to advance to the following year, the committee member added.

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