DU: School of Open Learning to offer online foreign language courses for students
Press Trust of India | April 30, 2026 | 02:22 PM IST | 1 min read
DU SOL's online courses will be offered through the department of Germanic and Romance Studies and East Asia Studies
NEW DELHI: The Delhi University Executive Council has approved the introduction of courses on foreign languages in online mode for students of the School of Open Learning (SOL). The courses will be offered through the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies and the Department of East Asia Studies.
According to the agenda of the council, the languages under Germanic and Romance studies include French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian. Department of East Asia Studies will offer Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Department of Slavonic and Finno Ugrian Studies will offer Russian.
According to Payal Mago, director of the campus of open learning and chairperson of the governing body, SOL, "The foreign language courses already exist. The EC has now approved introducing them in the online mode. We will try to introduce them for the academic session 2026-27 or by the next academic session."
Classes will be conducted online, offering flexibility in terms of time and access. Students will be able to access video lectures and assignments through their platform, Mago added.
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