4-year undergraduate programme set to launch nationwide in 300 universities



Embracing the rules outlined within the Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP) 2020, 150 universities nationwide have rolled out a four-year undergraduate programme through the tutorial time period of 2023-24. In response to the most recent announcement from the College Grants Fee (UGC), an extra 300 instructional establishments are poised to undertake this programme within the forthcoming tutorial session.As affirmed by UGC Chairman Professor M. Jagadish Kumar, this determine is anticipated to endure a twofold improve through the subsequent session.
The UGC directives counsel that inside the framework of the four-year undergraduate programme, college students shall be conferred with a ‘UG Honours’ diploma accompanied by a analysis specialisation. Additionally, on this construction, the PG programme shall be of 1 12 months as an alternative of the erstwhile 2-year format. Nonetheless, it isn’t obligatory for everybody to pursue a 4-year UG programme. Going by the provisions of NEP, college students are allowed to decide on between a 3-year UG diploma or a 4-year ‘Honours’ course. Underneath the up to date UGC tips, college students will now obtain an ‘Honours’ diploma upon finishing a four-year programme as an alternative of the normal one with a three-year length. Inside this prolonged four-year curriculum, they can even be required to undertake a analysis challenge.
In response to IANS reviews, the four-year programme was applied by 105 universities throughout the nation firstly of the tutorial session 2023-24. The schools implementing four-year undergraduate programs included 19 central universities, 24 state stage universities, 44 deemed universities and 18 personal universities. These embody Delhi College, Aligarh Muslim College, Jammu Central College, Visva Bharati College, Rashtriya Sanskrit College and Maulana Azad Nationwide Urdu College. Now the variety of these universities has elevated to 150.
Specialists observe that the revised draft of the four-year undergraduate programme shall be of nice assist to college students aspiring to pursue additional training abroad. The rising development amongst Indian college students to review overseas is on the rise yearly. Estimates counsel that till November of the earlier 12 months, over 600,000 Indian college students sought larger training alternatives overseas. In distinction, the quantity stood at 444,000 in 2021. In response to the findings of varied surveys, Canada, Germany, Australia, america and Italy are the highest 5 international locations the place extra Indian college students favor to review.
In response to the UGC, the newly-proposed 4-year curriculum and credit score construction is in step with worldwide requirements. This enhanced international instructional alignment brings a big benefit: Indian college students will now have wider alternatives for pursuing larger training in American and Western universities.
(With inputs from IANS)





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