Q14) The UGC has issued new guidelines for the introduction of a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) in colleges and universities across the country. Consider the following statements:
1) Under the new CBCS choice given to students will be able to select courses from a range of disciplines
2) The new system allows students to transfer credits earned in one institution to another
3) These guidelines are not applicable to deemed universities
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q14) The UGC has issued new guidelines for the introduction of a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) in colleges and universities across the country. Consider the following statements:
1) Under the new CBCS choice given to students will be able to select courses from a range of disciplines
2) The new system allows students to transfer credits earned in one institution to another
3) These guidelines are not applicable to deemed universities
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The correct option is A 1 and 2 only
Ans:14)(a) Expl: The UGC’s most significant recent effort to reform higher education is the new guidelines issued for the introduction of a choice-based credit system (CBCS) in colleges and universities across the country. The guidelines apply to “all undergraduate and postgraduate level degree, diploma and certificate programmes,” offered by “Central, state and deemed-to-be-universities in India”. The UGC wants institutions to implement the new system from the 2015-16 academic year. There is no doubt that significant curricula reform is needed in higher education, particularly at the undergraduate level. For decades, undergraduate education has been focused on a single-discipline approach. Under the new CBCS, students will be able to select courses from a range of disciplines and have them count towards their degree. The new system also opens up the opportunity for student mobility, allowing students to transfer credits earned in one institution to another; and for programme portability, allowing movement from one degree programme to another. These will be achieved through the introduction of a uniform system of counting credits (which replaces the “papers” system), a uniform evaluation system based on grade points (replacing the “marks” system), and a uniform semester-based academic year (which replaces the “year-long” pattern). This establishes parity within and across institutions; between Indian higher educational institutions and many international ones.
1 and 2 only
Ans:14)(a) Expl: The UGC’s most significant recent effort to reform higher education is the new guidelines issued for the introduction of a choice-based credit system (CBCS) in colleges and universities across the country. The guidelines apply to “all undergraduate and postgraduate level degree, diploma and certificate programmes,” offered by “Central, state and deemed-to-be-universities in India”. The UGC wants institutions to implement the new system from the 2015-16 academic year. There is no doubt that significant curricula reform is needed in higher education, particularly at the undergraduate level. For decades, undergraduate education has been focused on a single-discipline approach. Under the new CBCS, students will be able to select courses from a range of disciplines and have them count towards their degree. The new system also opens up the opportunity for student mobility, allowing students to transfer credits earned in one institution to another; and for programme portability, allowing movement from one degree programme to another. These will be achieved through the introduction of a uniform system of counting credits (which replaces the “papers” system), a uniform evaluation system based on grade points (replacing the “marks” system), and a uniform semester-based academic year (which replaces the “year-long” pattern). This establishes parity within and across institutions; between Indian higher educational institutions and many international ones.
