The senate members unanimously agreed to the implementation of a choice-based credit system (CBCS) in undergraduate (UG) courses from the academic session 2022-23.
The Patna University (PU) senate has passed a deficit budget of Rs 525.77 crore for the fiscal year 2022-23. The budget was passed at a meeting under the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor (VC) Girish Kumar Choudhary. The budgetary provision entails a proposed expenditure of Rs 561.54 crore against an income of Rs 35.7 crore from all sources.
During the meeting, the senate members unanimously agreed to the implementation of a choice-based credit system (CBCS) in undergraduate (UG) courses from the academic session 2022-23. While commenting on the same, Choudhary said, “We would send the proposal to implement CBCS in UG courses to the chancellor for his assent. PU is the first varsity in the state to introduce CBCS at the Undergraduate level. The new system would encourage multi-disciplinary courses which is a part of New Education Policy 2020.”
He further clarified that Patna University has not yet announced a fee hike in the BEd course.
“Like other government colleges, we are considering to increase BEd fees to Rs 25,000 for two years, which is as low as Rs 1,800 per year at present. As the college is facing a huge financial crunch, we are planning a considerable hike in fees so that the training college will be able to meet administrative expenses. However, the decision is yet to finalized,” he said. He made this comment amid the news of a fee hike of Rs 1.50 Lakh created unrest among students.
While speaking about the current session, he said," the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected proposed work in various fields including infrastructure development, recruitment of guest faculties and PhD course work. Our academic session is also running late by six months. We hope to bring the derailed work on track in the next academic session.”
In an effort to improve NAAC grades, Choudhary emphasized cultivating a conducive research environment among students and teachers.
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