DU council approves proposals for dual degrees, teachers' promotion

The Delhi University's academic council (AC) on Thursday approved a proposal for dual degrees, allowing students to pursue two academic programmes concurrently, on the condition that one of the courses is through distance learning or in the online mode.

The decision will now require a final stamp of approval from the university's executive council, a date for which is yet to be announced.

The AC also unanimously passed new regulations for the promotion of teachers in its departments and centres, linking advancement to publications in journals approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Two other items on the agenda were deferred and kept for consideration in the next meeting "twinning degree", through which a student enrolled in DU can study one semester in a foreign higher education institute and earn credits that will be counted towards the final score granted by DU; and providing up to 20% of university courses through the online Swayam portal.