105 universities started 4-year undergraduate programmes: Govt

While answering a question raised by Lok Sabha member Bharti Shiyal, minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar told the Parliament that 105 universities started four year undergraduate courses.

Minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar said in the Parliament that as per the University Grants Commission (UGC), as many as 105 universities across the country have started four-year undergraduate programmes. He was answering a question by Lok Sabha member Bharti Shiyal.

National Education Policy, NEP 2020 recommends an undergraduate degree with three-four year duration and multiple exit options. The students will also have the option of leaving the programmme at various stages. They will also get a certificate after completing a year in a discipline or field including vocational and professional areas. The student will get a diploma after two years of study and a bachelor’s degree after completing three-years, said the minister.

“The National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) has been released to ensure international equivalence and comparability (of education standards) nationally and internationally,” Subhas Sarkar added.

Universities Details

The Central universities that opted for the four-year UG courses are -- Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, Viswa Bharti university, Assam University, Tezpur University Central University of Jammu, Sikkim University, National Sanskrit University and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

The Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, English And Foreign Languages University, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Rajiv Gandhi University and central universities of Haryana, South Bihar and Tamil Nadu have also joined the list.

The other universities include over 40 deemed-to-be universities, 18 state private universities and 22 state universities.

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