Amid a row over the roll out of the CBCS from the ensuing academic session, UGC on Thursday asserted the programme will not “suppress” the academic liberal environment of universities or lead to inter-college transfer of teachers.
It said the syllabi finalised, will give leverage to the universities to modify the same to the extent of 30 per cent.
<g data-gr-id="16">Futher</g>, the elective subjects offered will only be from the subjects which are available in the universities, it said in a statement issued on Thursday.
A section of teachers in some universities including Delhi University had raised concerns over the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) arguing that the programme would infringe upon the autonomous status of the universities and is detrimental to the future of students.
Dismissing such contention, UGC said CBCS “will not suppress the academic liberal environment of the university as nothing contrary has been suggested in the template of the syllabi so designed by the experts”. “As such the teaching load of the teachers is not likely to increase beyond the norms stipulated by UGC. <g data-gr-id="22">Also</g> there will be no inter-institute/inter-college migration transfer of teachers,” it said.