On Wednesday evening, students of Delhi University’s (DU) MA Philosophy programme sat on plastic chairs with backpacks and notebooks spread across their laps in a corridor, as a faculty member conducted a class.

This is not new to them. The timetable for Semester 1 students of MA Philosophy – issued for the August-December period – explicitly states that at least two classes will be conducted in the corridor every Wednesday.

The reason: Space constraint, as per Head of Department Enakshi Ray.

“There is a space constraint with many optional courses and tutorials being offered… It is difficult to slot each class, since many are overlapping,” she told The Indian Express .

Asked about the timetable mentioning “corridor”, Ray said: “We have mentioned the word corridor for terminological c

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