IIT Kharagpur may bring new flexible credit-based system
28 July 2014 6:26 AM IST
IIT Kharagpur will soon introduce a introduce a new ‘credit-based system’ which would allow students the flexibility to complete a four-year B Tech course in three-and-a-half years.
‘For each course there would be pre-specified credit which allows a student the flexibility to complete his course at his own pace. Fast-paced students can finish off six months earlier while those who want to go for year-long internship can go in between and come back to finish the course later on,’ IIT-Kharagpur, director, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti said. The system, which is part of an academic review to modernise the institute’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses, would be introduced in phases from 2016, he said.
Rajendra Singh, Dean of undergraduate studies, told PTI that if some B Tech students need more time, they would be given upto eight years, while a five-year dual degree course can be completed in seven years.
‘For each course there would be pre-specified credit which allows a student the flexibility to complete his course at his own pace. Fast-paced students can finish off six months earlier while those who want to go for year-long internship can go in between and come back to finish the course later on,’ IIT-Kharagpur, director, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti said. The system, which is part of an academic review to modernise the institute’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses, would be introduced in phases from 2016, he said.
Rajendra Singh, Dean of undergraduate studies, told PTI that if some B Tech students need more time, they would be given upto eight years, while a five-year dual degree course can be completed in seven years.
Next Story
