Ayodhya's Avadh University embraces NEP 2020, four-year ug course to commence from 2025-26

A Vidya Parishad meeting took place on March 24 at the auditorium of the Kautilya Administrative Building of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof Pratibha Goyal. In the meeting, the university formally adopted the new guidelines of the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP).

The Vice Chancellor shared details about the new policy, declaring its introduction at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the university campus and affiliated colleges from the 2025-26 academic year, news agency ANI reported.

A four-year undergraduate programme has been brought in under NEP, with a uniform credit system of 20 credits in a semester for UG as well as PG courses, according to the Higher Education Department's updated framework.

This system will apply to departments like Arts, Science, and Commerce, including four-year UG courses like BA, BSc, and BCom, honors and research-based courses, and single-subject PG courses like MA, MSc, and MCom. The current three-year undergraduate courses, however, will remain as they are.

First, students will be enrolled in a three-year graduation program in the campus and affiliated colleges. In the fourth year, they can opt for either a four-year honors degree or a four-year honors research degree. Students have to choose their course—BA, BSc, BCom, etc.—at the time of admission. Students opting for a four-year degree after three years will have to reapply for admission to the PG program in the concerned subject.

Besides, the Vice Chancellor emphasized that there will be multiple exit points, and students may stop their course after the first, second, third, or fourth year after submitting an application.