4+1 format advantageous for school college students: Mamata on Bengal govt adopting Centre’s larger education protection

By Express News Service

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked about on Thursday that her authorities decided to undertake the Centre’s four-year honours course protection on the undergraduate stage starting this academic 12 months so that the students from Bengal could compete on the nationwide stage.

While plenty of lecturers’ our our bodies slammed the selection, a pro-Trinamool Congress professors’ physique talked about the state should not lag when the an identical 4+1 system (four-year UG and one-year PG) is being rolled out within the the rest of the nation from this academic 12 months.

Mamata talked about that her authorities wanted to watch the Centre’s protection because of completely different states have been starting to undertake it.

“Earlier, one could graduate in honours course in three years. However, in the new policy, those pursuing graduation in the ‘pass course’ will need three years to complete while those in the honours course will require four years as suggested by the UGC. There is an advantage. You will require only one year to complete your Masters degree. So the matter remains the same,” talked about Mamata in a programme felicitating the toppers of board examinations.

Sources inside the state administration talked about the selection to watch the UGC’s suggestion was taken after holding dialogues with all stakeholders and on the recommendation of a state-appointed skilled panel which had immediate rolling out a four-year undergraduate course from the 2023-24 academic 12 months.

She was speaking at a programme to facilitate the toppers of the board examinations.

“If other states are accepting it and we do not, then our students will not be able to compete with them (at the national level). That is the reason we had to adapt to it,” she talked about.

The West Bengal authorities on Wednesday launched the introduction of a four-year honours course on the undergraduate stage in all authorities and state-aided larger educational institutions from this academic session.

It talked about that the selection was taken after holding talks with all stakeholders and on the recommendation of a state-appointed skilled panel which had immediate rolling out a four-year UG course from the 2023-24 academic 12 months.

It will substitute the current three-year course.

The key choices of the National Education Policy, 2020, embody a four-year honours course on the UG stage as a substitute of the current three years and a one-year postgraduate course as a substitute of two years, or 4+1 format as a substitute of the erstwhile 3+2 format.

(With inputs from PTI)

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked about on Thursday that her authorities decided to undertake the Centre’s four-year honours course protection on the undergraduate stage starting this academic 12 months so that the students from Bengal could compete on the nationwide stage.

While plenty of lecturers’ our our bodies slammed the selection, a pro-Trinamool Congress professors’ physique talked about the state should not lag when the an identical 4+1 system (four-year UG and one-year PG) is being rolled out within the the rest of the nation from this academic 12 months.

Mamata talked about that her authorities wanted to watch the Centre’s protection because of completely different states have been starting to undertake it.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Earlier, one could graduate in honours course in three years. However, in the new policy, those pursuing graduation in the ‘pass course’ will need three years to complete while those in the honours course will require four years as suggested by the UGC. There is an advantage. You will require only one year to complete your Masters degree. So the matter remains the same,” talked about Mamata in a programme felicitating the toppers of board examinations.

Sources inside the state administration talked about the selection to watch the UGC’s suggestion was taken after holding dialogues with all stakeholders and on the recommendation of a state-appointed skilled panel which had immediate rolling out a four-year undergraduate course from the 2023-24 academic 12 months.

She was speaking at a programme to facilitate the toppers of the board examinations.

“If other states are accepting it and we do not, then our students will not be able to compete with them (at the national level). That is the reason we had to adapt to it,” she talked about.

The West Bengal authorities on Wednesday launched the introduction of a four-year honours course on the undergraduate stage in all authorities and state-aided larger educational institutions from this academic session.

It talked about that the selection was taken after holding talks with all stakeholders and on the recommendation of a state-appointed skilled panel which had immediate rolling out a four-year UG course from the 2023-24 academic 12 months.

It will substitute the current three-year course.

The key choices of the National Education Policy, 2020, embody a four-year honours course on the UG stage as a substitute of the current three years and a one-year postgraduate course as a substitute of two years, or 4+1 format as a substitute of the erstwhile 3+2 format.

(With inputs from PTI)