The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved guidelines for introducing short-term industry-relevant certificate courses in higher educational institutes (HEIs) to bridge the skill gap and increase productivity of students at the workplace, officials said on Thursday.
guidelines for the introduction of short-term skill development courses in higher educational institutes (HEIs)” were approved during a meeting held by the Commission on Thursday. The draft of the guidelines will soon be released in the public domain seeking feedback from stakeholders
UGC Approves Guidelines
UGC executive M Jagadesh Kumar expressed that under the new rules, colleges and universities will offer transient expertise improvement courses in any stream with no less than 12 credits and a limit of 30 credits.
“This drive is intelligible with the goal of Public Instruction Strategy (NEP) 2020 that energizes changing from the conventional repetition, content-weighty learning technique to comprehensive learning. The momentary ability improvement authentication courses will empower understudies to procure wanted capability levels and get extra abilities to redesign their skills.
Various Courses Added In List
The draft suggested various emerging areas in which the courses can be introduced including Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, IoT (Internet of Things), Data Science and Analytics, Cloud Computing, 5G Connectivity, cyber security, mobile communication, fashion technology, Yogic Sciences, and start-ups and entrepreneurship, among others.
Courses Can Last Upto three to six Months
According to the draft guidelines, the structure of the courses will be three to six months in length, with a major emphasis on practical learning. The most extreme understudy admission in one transient ability improvement course shouldn’t surpass 60 for every companion. The commission stated that the HEI could launch multiple cohorts of any course based on demand and faculty and infrastructure availability.
