UGC Builds Another Castle in Air: Choice based Credit System (CBCS)

Описание: For past 4-5 years undemocratically imposed reforms like introduction of semester system and FYUP (Four Years Undergraduate Programme) have led to huge losses for students in Delhi University. Recently UGC proposed Central Universities Act and implementation of CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) which led to huge protests and opposition.
Newsclick interviewed Prof. Abha Dev Habib, Executive Council Member of Delhi University to discuss the ongoing issue. Abha points out various strong reasons for opposing CBCS saying that the “cafeteria” approach is to mould the purpose of education for market requirements rather than educating students. She thinks that these changes in the name of “reforms” will kill the autonomy and areas of strength in teaching and research of Central Universities like DU and JNU. Abha also talks about how the basic and most important issues of infrastructure, appointment of professors and availability of books in libraries are being ignored completely harming the quality of education.