NOU to revise study materials for UGC recognition
The decision was taken at a meeting of subject coordinators held at the university's headquarters in Nalanda, chaired by vice-chancellor Rabindra Kumar. Participants discussed the shortcomings of the current study materials and agreed to revise them with the help of experienced academics, incorporating recommendations from the National Education Policy 2020.
Addressing the gathering, the vice-chancellor said study materials must align with the choice-based credit system (CBCS) syllabi.
NOU has already implemented the semester system in most courses. He added that DEB will only recognise the university's undergraduate courses if the SLMs are thoroughly upgraded to match the quality of other advanced institutions in India.
Former vice-chancellor of NOU and Patna University, Rash Bihari Prasad Singh, who attended as chief guest, expressed concern that no students had been admitted to undergraduate courses due to substandard materials.
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He called for urgent revisions so that recognition could be restored and admissions resumed.
Singh highlighted NOU's pivotal role in improving Bihar's gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education by offering accessible education to youth in economically backward regions. He added that while the university's infrastructure had improved significantly, academic standards must now be brought in line.
Patna: Nalanda Open University (NOU), Bihar's sole provider of distance education, on Saturday resolved to upgrade its self-learning materials (SLMs) across subjects in line with the requirements of the University Grants Commission's Distance Education Bureau (DEB).
The decision was taken at a meeting of subject coordinators held at the university's headquarters in Nalanda, chaired by vice-chancellor Rabindra Kumar. Participants discussed the shortcomings of the current study materials and agreed to revise them with the help of experienced academics, incorporating recommendations from the National Education Policy 2020.
Addressing the gathering, the vice-chancellor said study materials must align with the choice-based credit system (CBCS) syllabi.
NOU has already implemented the semester system in most courses. He added that DEB will only recognise the university's undergraduate courses if the SLMs are thoroughly upgraded to match the quality of other advanced institutions in India.
Former vice-chancellor of NOU and Patna University, Rash Bihari Prasad Singh, who attended as chief guest, expressed concern that no students had been admitted to undergraduate courses due to substandard materials.
He called for urgent revisions so that recognition could be restored and admissions resumed.
Singh highlighted NOU's pivotal role in improving Bihar's gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education by offering accessible education to youth in economically backward regions. He added that while the university's infrastructure had improved significantly, academic standards must now be brought in line.
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