New Delhi: UGC has formulated draft guidelines for laying out its proposal for growth of multidisciplinary institutes of higher education. This would facilitate such institutes to offer subjects in various disciplines.
As stated by Jagadesh Kumar, the chairman of UGC, it would be distinctly possible to obtain a dual-degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and IIT Delhi after the approval of the guidelines.
UGC Draft Guidelines: Dual-degree from collaborating institutions
Once the draft receives approval, institutes offering higher education would be aided in many ways through which they can adopt methods pertaining to multidisciplinary learning.
Colleges with university affiliations can upgrade themselves to be autonomous institutions in terms of awarding degrees through multidisciplinary education. The guidelines would also facilitate colleges or universities to opt for collaboration for awarding dual degrees.
The draft guidelines would help students to obtain their first degrees at a host institution and their second degrees at a partner institution without undergoing the tumultuous admission process again.
For example, if IIT Delhi and JNU collaborate, the guidelines would benefit a student pursuing B.Tech in IIT Delhi who would like to undertake M.A. (Politics) at JNU because such students would not have to undergo the admission process again. Jagdesh Kumar hypothetically asserted that the eligibility criteria would be determined through CGPA.
UGC Draft Guidelines: Research and Innovation
Kumar stated that the draft furnishes the laxity involved in research and innovation at our higher educational institutions due to streamlined courses prepared by universities for their affiliated colleges. It is the reason for the low ranking of India’s universities at the global level.
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UGC Draft Guidelines Allow Colleges to Form Clusters
The guidelines have proposed that colleges can opt for setting up clusters to address the issues at the institutional level that impede them to enter into multidisciplinary education. It would ensure that colleges with a lack of resources and low level of enrollment would be helped with access to top-notch facilities and for offering courses that are multidisciplinary in nature.
Kumar observed that in the years to come, UGC will identify colleges and institutions that have the ability to become a pioneer in multidisciplinary education, thereby setting an example for other educational institutions in India.
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