New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to adjust the draft regulations in line with the learning outcomes for each level of qualification in higher education and ensure that credit transfer occurs between institutions and courses.
Professor M Jagadesh Kumar, the UGC Chairperson informed on Sunday, May 22, 2022 that UGC decided to revise the draft regulations. The regulations were put out in the public domain during the month of January, to ensure parity with the guidelines that govern technical education in the country.
The draft regulations that are being revised, i.e., the National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF), are to define what a learner should know after completing a course ranging from certificate programmes to even PhDs.
Earlier, right after the release of the guidelines, UGC asked stakeholders to provide their suggestions, and feedback within February 13, 2022. Therefore, it can be well assumed that the recent changes and adjustments might be an important result of the feedback.
The draft regulations also set the minimum credits that a student will require to earn so that he or she can clear a course and move to the next stage. The NHEQF draft primarily arranged the qualifications on a scale of 5 to 10.
“However, the above is not in tune with the NSQF in which the levels are organised from 4.5 to 8. Since UGC’s draft NHEQF has levels from 5 to 10 as explained above, it will create operational problems for the vertical and horizontal mobility of learning by prescribing the entry requirement for each qualification, prerequisites for lateral entry, and validation of prior learning outcomes achieved”, as stated by Professor Kumar.
Therefore, the NHEQF is to adopt the 4.5 to 8 scale as well. The UGC will conduct a series of meetings with the heads of universities from May 25, 2022. This is to communicate the plan to revise the draft.
The revised draft and scale have been prepared in accordance with the proposed four years UG programme structure. The four-year structure is to offer multiple entry and exit options to students, who can obtain anything, from a certificate, to a research-based degree on the number of semesters cleared by them.
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