DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year: Check Revised Credit Eligibility

DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year. Candidates now need 28 credits to make it to the second year.

Abhilasha Kiran

Updated on - Jul 25, 2024 | 02:34 PM IST

DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year: Check Revised Credit Eligibility

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DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year: Delhi University has increased the promotion passing credit requirement for undergraduate students. According to the media reports, the DU Increases the Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year by six credits. The students now need 28 credits instead of 22 to pass the first year of undergraduate courses and get promoted to the second year. The decision was taken in a meeting held by a 12-member committee including the Deans of several DU-affiliated colleges such as Miranda House, LSRC, and Kirori Mal College and the Dean, Academics and Controller of Examination.

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DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year

Earlier, the Delhi University students had to clear seven papers with a score of 22 credits for promotion. However, in the new decision taken by the committee member, students will now have to achieve the 28 credit score to get promoted. Candidates can check the revised eligibility in the table below.

DU Promotion Passing Criteria for Undergraduate Students
Earlier	Revised
50%	63%
22 (Credits)	28 (Credits)

The reports suggest that this step will help align the student’s goals set in the National Education Policy. It is expected that this step will overcome the shortcomings of the NEP, under which each semester has seven papers, including four core discipline-specific papers with four credits each and four additional papers called the General Elective, Value Added course, Skill Enhancement Course and Ability Enhancement course with two credits each in every semester.

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According to the minutes of the Committee’s meetings, the candidates could easily score 22 credits out of the required 44 to get promoted to the second year in their first semester. They were not as active as they should be in the second semester. Therefore, DU Increases Credit Requirement for Promotion in Second Year to 28 so that the student can exhibit good performance in enough discipline-specific (DSC) papers for the course they have opted for. It is further stated that there is no compulsion to take the core academic subjects to attain the minimum credits for passing the semester.

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