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Kasaragod: The Central University of Kerala (CUK) will implement the National Education Policy 2020 from subsequent educational 12 months, mentioned Prof Amruth G Kumar, dean of teachers. Students can have the choice of a number of entry and a number of exits throughout their course and must do a obligatory internship, he mentioned.
The college has additionally utilized to register with the Academic Bank of Credits in order that college students can deposit the credit they earned within the digital locker. “We are expecting the registration to come through in a week,” he mentioned. CUK would be the first college in Kerala to implement the NEP 2020.
Multiple entry, a number of exit
Students can exit a course after each two semesters. That is, a PG scholar can exit solely as soon as in the course of the course and an undergraduate scholar can exit twice in the course of the three-year programme. If the PG scholar intends to finish the course, they must rejoin the programme inside 4 years of leaving the college, and the undergraduate scholar must rejoin the course inside six years.
The UGC calculated the break interval by multiplying the tenure of the course by two. “That is done to ensure the student returns before the syllabus gets outdated,” mentioned Prof Amruth Kumar.
If the scholars fail to return to finish the course inside the stipulated time, they must apply as a more energizing. All the 27 departments of the college can be implementing the a number of entries, a number of exit choices, he mentioned.
Except for the Department of International Relations and Politics, which is providing an built-in undergraduate course, all different departments are providing solely PG programs. The board of research of each division is now tweaking their syllabus to make exits significant for college kids.
If a PG scholar leaves after one 12 months, they’d get a PG diploma certificates. For undergraduate programs, college students would get a certificates after the primary 12 months, a diploma certificates after the second 12 months and a full diploma certificates after three years.
The college continues to be engaged on the rules for the re-entry of scholars. But if the variety of college students searching for to re-enter a course are greater than the variety of seats accessible, there can be a screening, mentioned Prof Amruth Kumar. “We will also have to decide on the mode of screening. We will also have to implement reservations for students seeking re-entry. But we have another two years to decide on that,” he mentioned.
Internship for PG and UG programs
As of now, an internship is obligatory just for skilled programs. With NEP 2020, internships shall be a part of each undergraduate and postgraduate course, mentioned the dean of Academics. “The internship should be for a minimum of two weeks and done outside the university,” he mentioned.
A language scholar might do their internship with poets, writers, and newspapers. A science scholar might do their internship with industries and likewise labs in premier institutes, he mentioned. The internship is completely different from the dissertation which is now a part of the course.
Credit financial institution
Students want a minimal of 80 credit to finish their PG course in CUK.
Of the 80 credit, 40 must be earned from core topics, 20 credit must be earned from ‘programme electives’ supplied by their respective departments or related departments in different universities by way of on-line.
Another 20 credit might be earned from ‘open electives’. These might be unrelated to the core topics. A physics scholar can take up a music or language course from any college supplied on-line, mentioned Prof Amruth Kumar.
Most of the schools have posted their on-line programs on the SWAYAM portal. “The credits of the courses done online will be automatically reflected in the Academic Credit Bank. Students can redeem the credits to get their course certificates,” he mentioned.
Theoretically, college students can be part of one college and full their course from one other college by redeeming their credit earned from the primary college. “But we are yet to form guidelines on admitting students from other universities,” Prof Amruth Kumar mentioned.