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02/09/22 22:05 PM IST

UGC steps up measures to grant autonomy to affiliated colleges

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  • In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has started preparing comprehensive guidelines to provide autonomy to affiliated colleges.
Major Guidelines 
  • The UGC has suggested academic collaboration between institutions through “clusters” of higher education institutions (HEIs) in order to promote multidisciplinary education and research in online and offline
  • The cluster system will help single-stream institutions with poor enrolment.
  • Such centres will improve the grades in National Assessment And Accreditation Council (NAAC)
  • Affiliated colleges during the initial phase: The member colleges in a cluster will continue to function as affiliated colleges under the university in the initial phase
  • After the initial years, the affiliating university may affiliate the cluster of colleges as a single unit
  • The merger of single-stream institutions, with other multidisciplinary institutions under the same management or different management
  • Expanding the number of departments in a college or university: By adding new subjects such as languages, literature, music, Indology, sports, etc.
  • Credit mobility: Students opting for courses offered as a result of collaborations and mergers can also avail of credit mobility between partnering institutions
  • The National e-Governance Division of MeitY has developed the ABC platform: Which allows students to open an academic account
  • Store credits earned from them for receiving degrees and diplomas.
  • Student orientation programmes: The guidelines also identify student orientation programmes as an important element to familiarize them with the new options available to them.
  • Capacity-building for faculty: It suggests capacity-building for faculty so that they can teach, train and research in multi-disciplinary academic programmes such as Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) as well as investment in learning assessment tools.
  • Setting up Education Departments in universities and colleges: They will teach curriculum design, pedagogy, communication and writing to future teachers.
NEP 2020
  • Universalization of education from preschool to secondary level with 100% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school education by 2030.
  • To bring 2 crore out of school children back into the mainstream through an open schooling system.
  • The current 10+2 system to be replaced by a new 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years respectively.
  • It will bring the uncovered age group of 3-6 years under school curriculum, which has been recognized globally as the crucial stage for development of mental faculties of a child.
  • It will also have 12 years of schooling with three years of Anganwadi/ pre schooling.
Source- The Hindu 

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