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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | UGC Draft Framework Would be Disastrous for Research, say Academics -Ravi Kaushal

UGC Draft Framework Would be Disastrous for Research, say Academics -Ravi Kaushal

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published Published on Mar 21, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 22, 2022

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Academics say the new draft framework of UGC does away with the necessity of master’s in arts and sciences and dilutes the undergraduate programme.

After much speculations, University Grants Commission (UGC), the regulatory authority for central universities in the country, released its draft curriculum framework for four-year undergraduate programmes and the stakeholders can submit their comments till April 4, 2022. The final framework will be put in place to be taught at educational institutions in accordance with the New Education Policy (NEP).

The draft framework suggests that the colleges and universities will move away from three-year undergraduate courses to four-year undergraduate programmes with multiple exit points. The students will be awarded with certificate, diploma, degree, and degree with honours if they successfully complete two semesters, four semesters, six semesters, and eight semesters, respectively.

The draft document suggests that the universities will offer common and introductory courses in the first three semesters to students in humanities, sciences, and social sciences. At the end of third semester, the students need to choose two minors and one major in disciplinary or inter-disciplinary field of study. Students may pursue further research in their major subject. While the framework remains unfinalised, universities like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have already given their assent to the four-year undergraduate programme.

Additionally, students passing four-year undergraduate programmes with CGPA 7.5 will be eligible for admissions in PhD courses. The draft suggesting amendments to the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of PhD Degree) Regulations, 2016 maintains that 60% of seats will be reserved to students qualifying the National Eligibility Test/ Junior Research Fellowships (NET/JRF). NET is the qualifying examination for teaching in higher education institutes. Top 10% of those qualifying NET are awarded Junior Research Fellowship to pursue their research interests in each subject specified by the UGC.

Concerned over many provisions, academicians maintain that the draft framework dilutes the quality of research by doing away with the two-year master’s programme. The UGC has already scrapped the M.Phil programme from the current academic session. Now, students would be able to pursue PhD after the four-year bachelor’s programme.

Abha Dev Habib, former Executive Council Member, told NewsClick that the new draft framework not only does away with master’s in arts and sciences courses but also dilutes the undergraduate programme itself.

She said, ”The vast majority of students in higher education are undergraduates. According to the 2019-20 AISHE report, undergraduates constitute 3.06 crores out of a total of 3.85 crores. The FYUP scheme that is being proposed is going to simplify UG studies for this vast majority. Despite opposition, DU is currently preparing syllabi for a FYUP framework of 176 credits. We are horrified to note that we are not even able to save two-thirds of the course content as number of hours of study has been reduced as opposed to the current system of three-year Choice Based Credit System of 148 credits. Honours degree will get diluted and teachers will face job loss.”

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