Seema Sharma, New Delhi
Published by: Jeet Kumar
Updated Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:54 AM IST
Summary
According to sources, there will be a new pattern of admission in undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs in the upcoming academic session. The University Grants Commission is soon going to issue the notification regarding admission in undergraduate, postgraduate programmes. A high level meeting has been organized in this regard.
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Expansion
Under the New Education Policy 2020, the aim is to provide quality education, equal opportunities to all, get rid of high cutoffs and link the admission applications of all universities with a single platform.
Admission to undergraduate programs in all central universities will be made on the basis of merit in the Joint Entrance Examination. Whereas this year universities will get the option in the postgraduate programme. In this they will be able to get admission through Joint Entrance Examination or University Entrance Examination.
According to sources, there will be a new pattern of admission in undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs in the upcoming academic session. The University Grants Commission is soon going to issue the notification regarding admission in undergraduate, postgraduate programmes. A high level meeting has been organized in this regard.
Under the new education policy, admission to undergraduate programs in all central universities will be made on the basis of merit in the Joint Entrance Examination to be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Whereas in post-graduation this year universities are being given some relief. This year they will also be able to enroll through their own entrance exam. But from next year the Joint Admission Entrance Test to be conducted by NTA will be mandatory.
UGC-NET Essentials for PhD:
According to sources, the admission pattern in PhD program is also going to change. Now UGC NET is going to be mandatory for PhD admission. At present, the government has not yet taken a final decision on this, but preparations are going on. At present, universities admit PhD through their own entrance exam.