No clarity on 1-yr PG courses; undergrad syllabi pending too
Despite three rounds of PG admissions being completed and the fourth (College Level Counselling) round underway, no official direction has been given on course structure, degree nomenclature, eligibility criteria, or evaluation process for one-year MA, MCom, and MSc programmes. These courses are meant for students who completed four-year undergraduate degrees with honours or research.
Around 3,500 students from colleges affiliated with Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya completed four-year UG programmes and are eligible for one-year PG, but are now uncertain about how and when their courses will begin.
Questions remain unanswered regarding the academic value and recognition of the degree for further studies and competitive exams. Colleges are also unclear about whether these programmes will be offered in their institutions, which faculty members are eligible to teach them, and what infrastructure will be needed.
Without this clarity, affiliation and academic planning have not moved forward.
"While the NEP introduced the four-year UG option, there has been no planning for what comes next.
The system has become overly centralised by DHE, and the absence of communication is directly affecting students and academic institutions," said Dr Mangal Mishra, senior educationist from the city. Additionally, the PG and some UG courses are also affected due to delays in syllabus release. For UG programmes like BA, BSc, and BCom, the syllabus for foundation subjects is yet to be issued.
In BCom, elective and vocational subject syllabi are also pending. Only the major and minor subject syllabi for first-year students have been released so far. Due to this delay, teaching in several subjects has not started despite the official start date of July 1. Colleges have also not received clarity on book availability, which is expected to be affected by the late release of syllabi.
Faculty members and education experts have said the current situation is disrupting the academic calendar.
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