New Delhi: Graduates would be able to enrol in PhD programmes right away under the new pattern, according to University Grants Commission Chair M. Jagadesh Kumar. He added that until the four-year curriculum is fully implemented, three-year undergraduate programmes won't be cancelled.

This week's announcement of the new credit and curriculum structure for undergraduate (UG) courses specifies that courses leading to an honours degree must be completed over a four-year period.

According to the UGC director, graduates of four-year undergraduate programmes won't need a master's degree to enrol in PhD programmes.

He responded that "there is no deadline but we will continue to cooperate with higher education institutions to implement the FYUP as quickly as feasible" and pledged that the three-year courses wouldn't be stopped until the four-year programme was fully implemented.

"Some universities, like Delhi University, have already put the FYUP into practise. For the 2023 academic year, many additional universities are working to incorporate it. Many universities will start using this in a few years. To draw the brightest students to their programmes, they must take these steps, according to Kumar.

The first advantage of the FYUP, according to the UGC director, is that students are not need to complete a Master's degree in order to enrol in a PhD programme. They can also choose a single or double major to learn more about a certain topic. According to him, the inclusion of value-added courses, multidisciplinary courses, ability-enhancing courses, skill-enhancing courses, and internships in the FYUP will increase students' options to pursue higher education or employment.

But Kumar made it clear that universities could select between three and four-year programmes. In an interview with PTI on Wednesday, he stated, "It is left to the universities.

He was questioned if moving to a four-year programme for Honours degrees is a must for universities.

The current three-year UG programmes will remain, the UGC chairperson said, whether they are known as UG degrees like BA, BCom, or BSc or UG degrees with Honours like BA (Hons), BCom (Hons), or BSc (Hons).

Varsities can also use the curriculum framework for the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) to add new courses to three-year UG programmes, according to Kumar.

Using "various entry and exit options, flexible degree options with a single major, double major, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary education, integration with vocational courses, internships, and skill and ability upgrading courses," he claimed, they may accomplish this.

The UGC announced the curriculum and credit structure for undergraduate programmes on Monday, giving students a variety of admission and departure options, the opportunity to choose between a single major and a double major, as well as interdisciplinary subject alternatives.

The framework was created by making changes to the current Choice Based Credit System.

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