In June 2025, Andrea M had an important decision to make.
She had finished three years of an undergraduate programme at a college affiliated to Delhi University. Now, she had to decide whether to exit the programme with a three-year degree, or to continue for a fourth year – students in her batch would be the first who could choose to register for the extra year under the newly introduced four-year undergraduate programme.
The university introduced the programme in 2022, following through on the New Education Policy, 2020. The policy recommended that universities give undergraduate students the option of both a three-year and a four-year-degree programme.
But it pushed for the latter to become the norm. The four-year programme “shall be the preferred option since it allows the opportunity to experience the full range of holistic and multidisciplinary education in addition to a focus on the chosen major and minors as per the choices of the student”, the policy stated.
At the time, Andrea was considering changing her field of study, and felt that another year at the college would help her gain more clarity about her decision. (Andrea and the other students Scroll spoke to asked to be identified by pseudonyms.)
She was wrong – the year was marked by...
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