New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) requested that all universities amend their statutes on Friday to permit students to pursue two academic degrees in physical mode at the same time.
The proposition allowing students to simultaneously pursue two full-time degrees was accepted by the UGC in April. Its instructions were announced on Friday.
"All institutions of higher education (HEIs) were asked to develop systems via their statutory authorities that would allow students to simultaneously enrol in two academic programmes.
In a letter to institutions, the UGC stated, "It is once more urged that, in the greater interest of the students, implementation of the abovementioned programme may kindly be ensured and hastened, if not done so far.
As long as the class times for one programme do not conflict with the class times of the second programme, students may now pursue two full-time academic programmes in physical mode, under UGC norms. The PhD programmes are exempt from it.
"The goal of letting a student to undertake two degrees parallelly stems from openly acknowledging, highlighting, and cultivating the unique skills of each student, with no hard suspensions between the arts and sciences, extracurricular and curricular activities, between academic and vocational streams, etc.
Thus facilitating an individual to study one or more specialised subjects of interest at a deep level, as well as develop character, ethical, and constitutional values," the guidelines said. The restrictions will be in force as of the UGC's notification date, which is September 30, 2022, and students cannot make any backdated claims.
"Only HEIs that are approved to operate such programmes by the UGC, Statutory Council, and Government of India may provide degree or diploma programmes in the ODL (Open and Distance Learning) and online modes.”
According to the statement, "Degree or diploma programmes under these guidelines shall be controlled by the Regulations announced by the UGC and also the corresponding statutory/professional councils, if applicable."
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