New Delhi, May 31: The Delhi University officials have launched a massive campaign to introduce aspiring candidates to the new four-year undergraduate programme.

Apart from holding open seminars and sessions to make aspirants aware of the new system ahead of the admission process set to begin next week, several teachers are counselling teenagers on details of the new syllabi, programme and subjects to be offered.

“Since the four-year undergraduate programme is a new concept, aspirants are jittery. But this has been introduced only to make university-level education more comprehensive and dynamic and incorporate latest developments in various subjects,” said Aditya Narayan Mishra, a former president of Delhi University Teachers’ Association. According to the new system, the undergraduate programme would have three exit points.

The varsity had earlier proposed to name them as associate baccalaureate (after two years), baccalaureate (three years), or a baccalaureate with honours (four years) on the line of the USA university system. But the proposal was changed.

“Instead of the baccalaureate degrees proposed to be offered under the four-year course, the DU academic council members decided that a diploma will be given if a student exits after two years, a bachelor’s degree will be handed after three years and a bachelor’s degree with honours or a BTech degree will be awarded on completion of four years,” Mishra said.

The decision was made this month following the University Grants Commission’s directive that the Delhi University could shift to a four-year system, but it would have to retain the conventional nomenclature of degrees.

Admission in various colleges of the university would be based on cut-off lists prepared for all the major subjects opted by the candidates.

Sources said the new system, which is being watched closely by other universities, seeks to introduce interdisciplinary pedagogy, enhance the quality of education and impart employable skills. The course content of all major and minor subjects has also been changed, said officials.