Students can now simultaneously pursue two degrees in physical mode- Education News
Students can now simultaneously pursue two full-time degree programmes in physical mode. Earlier in May 2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had approved a proposal to permit students to pursue two degree programmes at the same time, but one of the degrees has to be in the regular mode and the other either in open and distance learning or online.
The regulatory authority will notify the new guidelines today, i.e. Wednesday, according to which a candidate can pursue two degrees simultaneously in the physical mode as well as in a mix of physical and online mode either at the same university or from different universities.
“As announced in the NEP 2020 and in order to allow students to acquire multiple skills, UGC is coming up with new guidelines to allow a candidate to pursue two degree programmes in physical mode simultaneously. The degrees can either be pursued from the same or different universities,” said M Jagadesh Kumar, chairperson of the UGC on Tuesday.
As per the ‘background’ stated in the guidelines, “With the rapid increase in demand for higher education and limited availability of seats in regular stream, several Higher Education Institutions have started a number of programmes in open and distance learning (ODL)/ mode to meet the aspirations of students… The issue of allowing the students to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously has been examined by the Commission keeping in view the proposals envisaged in the NEP 2020 which emphasizes the need to facilitate multiple pathways to learning involving both formal and non-formal education modes.”
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