College Physique Chairman To NDTV

In an unique interview with NDTV, UGC Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar has talked concerning the biannual admission course of based on which admissions can both be provided in January-February or July-August from the brand new educational yr.  Mr Kumar defined that at present, greater schooling establishments admit college students in a single educational session, which begins in July-August and ends in Could-June. College students who miss the admission course of have to attend one full yr to get admission in faculties. The College Grants Fee needed to introduce a system the place college students do not need to attend for a whole yr for securing admission in faculties. 

With the choice of the biannual admissions, the establishments can now admit college students twice a yr from the 2024-25 educational session. The choice is aimed toward offering extra flexibility to Greater Schooling Establishments (HEIs).

Mr Kumar stated,  “The college physique had examined the biannual admission course of in On-line and Open & Distance Studying modes. After UGC permitted two-cycle admissions for the ODL modes, there was a major rise within the variety of enrolments. A complete of 19,73,056 college students enrolled in July 2022, with an extra 4,28,854 college students in January 2023. The numbers confirmed {that a} second educational session in a yr enabled almost half 1,000,000 college students to affix the diploma programmes of their selection with out ready a full educational yr.”

Answering if the choice was taken by preserving all of the stakeholders on board, Mr Kumar stated, “The biannual admission system is a world apply, admissions are performed twice a yr in all international universities. Solely in our nation, it’s executed every year. After seeing the response of the scholars within the on-line programme, we needed to offer an identical choice to the schools that provide programs in bodily mode additionally. So this isn’t a compulsory requirement for establishments to supply the programs biannually. Solely these faculties, which have the required infrastructure and school members, can go for this technique.”

On if the choice was aimed toward aligning the schooling with the worldwide requirements, Mr Kumar defined, “It’s the nationwide requirement to extend the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER), and can be a powerful advice of the NEP 2020. So it’s the social duty of upper academic establishments to extend college students consumption. If admissions are performed twice in a yr and if universities successfully utilise the obtainable infrastructure and the instructing college, they will truly admit extra college students and assist in enhancing the GER. 

Mr Kumar asserted that because the transfer has been launched as an possibility and never as a compulsory step, it’s has not acquired any objection from any college. The colleges would require some planning and time to resolve on how they will implement this biannual system. Solely these universities who’re in place to supply can provide. They’ve six months time to plan and implement the biannual admission system as the following admission course of can be held in January-February.