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UGC Draft Guidelines Releasesd: University Grants Commission (UGC) has prepared draft guidelines for its schemes to encourage multi disciplinary system in higher education institutions.
UGC Higher Education Draft Guidelines Releasesd: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prepared a draft of a new guideline for major changes in the existing structure of higher education in the country. This draft will be finalized soon. After its implementation, the structure of higher education in the country will completely change. According to the new draft, dual degree programs, credit score system and multi-disciplinary education system (multi-disciplinary education system) will be implemented by the UGC in the country. This draft can be approved by April-May 2022. However, the deadline for its implementation has been fixed till 2035.
UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar informed that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has prepared draft guidelines for its schemes to encourage multi-disciplinary system in higher education institutions. These changes are in line with the announcements of the New Education Policy 2020. These guidelines will be finalized soon. When these are approved, there will be a possibility of getting a double degree at the same time. The government is poised to make major changes in higher education, according to the needs of the future.
Colleges will also be autonomous in multi-disciplinary education system
As per the draft guidelines of the UGC, higher education institutions will have different ways of adopting the multi-disciplinary system. Colleges affiliated to universities can also become degree-granting autonomous colleges by imparting multi-disciplinary education. At the same time, colleges or universities will also have the option of collaborating for awarding dual degrees. The draft guidelines state that once enrolled, students will obtain their first degree in the same institution, while the second degree can be pursued through a different admission process as a second degree from an associate or partner institution of that institution.
Dual degree process will work like this
For example, if a student is doing B.Tech from IIT and that IIT has collaboration agreement with Delhi University, then that student can also get degree in any other course from Delhi University without any admission process. The NEP also highlights that all affiliated colleges will become degree-awarding multidisciplinary autonomous institutions by 2035. With this the government will be able to implement online distance education for the students. This will make colleges more diversified and provide more opportunities and segments towards online education.
What is the plan of UGC?
- To convert all affiliated colleges into degree awarding multi disciplinary autonomous institutions by 2035.
- To create Multi-disciplinary Research Intensive Universities (RU).
- To create Multi-disciplinary Teaching Intensive Universities (TU).
- Exemption to offer dual degree programs in universities under mutual cooperation and agreements.
- Permission to convert groups of like-area colleges into deemed universities by mutual agreement.
- To strengthen the institutions academically by linking departments and disciplines.
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UGC Higher Education Draft Guidelines Releasesd: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prepared a draft of a new guideline for major changes in the existing structure of higher education in the country. This draft will be finalized soon. After its implementation, the structure of higher education in the country will completely change. According to the new draft, dual degree programs, credit score system and multi-disciplinary education system (multi-disciplinary education system) will be implemented by the UGC in the country. This draft can be approved by April-May 2022. However, the deadline for its implementation has been fixed till 2035.