No exemption from choice of minor programs this yr, says CU Registrar

In a round to school principals issued on July 14, Dinoj Sebastian, Registrar, stated that college students pursuing main (principal) programs with minor programs should select all of them from two minor teams supplied by a self-discipline aside from their main self-discipline.

Mr. Sebastian identified that the directive adopted the current amendments to sure clauses within the rules for the FYUGP and their subsequent approval by the college’s Academic Council and the Senate. The round stated that the scholars pursuing FYUGP, together with these programmes which have been beforehand granted sure exemptions from the choice of minor programs, wouldn’t be permitted to decide on them of their main self-discipline, from the 2025 educational yr.

Earlier this month, Vice-Chancellor (V-C) P. Raveendran had arrange a committee to handle the alleged sensible difficulties within the choice of minor programs beneath the FYUGP in small schools and in particular topics akin to commerce. Some lecturers’ organisations had identified that the revision of the clauses within the FYUGP rules would curtail the scholars’ freedom to decide on minor programs in a special self-discipline from the identical division that gives the main (principal) course. They additionally claimed that the revision would drive college students to choose minor programs they won’t like to check, and this was more likely to occur in small schools providing a restricted variety of topics.

Mr. Sebastian informed The Hindu on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) that the round was issued to clear the air over the problem. “The committee is wanting into the considerations raised over the choice of minor programs. If it proposes any exemptions for sure schools, it is going to be examined in future course,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (KPCTA) claimed that the Registrar had proven an undesirable hurry to concern the round. It was issued simply forward of a proposed assembly of the committee. KPCTA functionaries urged the V-C to place the round on maintain until the committee submit its proposals.