India, May 14 -- New Delhi

Principals of colleges associated with the Delhi University (DU), as well as members of its academic council (AC), questioned the university's decision to hold late-evening classes on weekends for students who wished to improve their marks in exams, internal assessments, practicals or continuous assessments of a course from a previous semester.

The agenda item in this regard, which was accessed by HT, was passed in an AC meeting on Saturday. It said: "Holding of classes of such students from 6 to 8 pm or on Saturdays or Sundays or both the days."

However, stakeholders concerned questioned the feasibility of the decision, highlighting challenges, such as overlapping of classes with current semester and lack of...