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Thursday, Jul 08, 2010
First university to offer four-year undergraduate course
In a recent communication to the university, the UGC stated that universities and colleges could offer the four-year programme in any science specialities. B.S. degree is one of the specified degrees under the UGC Act 1956, the communication said.
Counselling for the B.S. programmes in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Geoscience will begin on Thursday. Each programme has an intake capacity of 40 students . Among affiliated colleges, government-aided and self-financing institutions have evinced interest to offer the programme. These affiliated colleges have been permitted by the university to offer B.S. programmes in Electronics and Computer Science as well.
The university will introduce B.S. in Computer Science through its Department of Computer Science from the next academic year, Vice-Chancellor M. Ponnavaikko said. When technical universities could offer B.Tech and B.E. programmes, there was no reason why general universities should not offer regular undergraduate programmes.
Also, when private universities with lesser infrastructure were permitted to admit undergraduate students in large numbers , why should government universities confine their academic programmes to post graduates and researchers , Prof. Ponnavaikko asked .
The proposal for the B.S. programme mooted by the Bharathidasan University was strongly backed by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and the National Academy of Sciences – India, Allahabad.
The Vice-Chancellor pointed out that by offering undergraduate programmes, the government universities would not be limited to only attract best minds and see through their transformation into quality researchers, but also do their part in enhancing the gross enrolment ratio in higher education.
" University to introduce four-year B.S. course"
First university to offer four-year undergraduate course
- Counselling for the B.S. programmes in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Geoscience to begin today
- Each programme has an intake capacity of 40 students
In a recent communication to the university, the UGC stated that universities and colleges could offer the four-year programme in any science specialities. B.S. degree is one of the specified degrees under the UGC Act 1956, the communication said.
The university will introduce B.S. in Computer Science through its Department of Computer Science from the next academic year, Vice-Chancellor M. Ponnavaikko said. When technical universities could offer B.Tech and B.E. programmes, there was no reason why general universities should not offer regular undergraduate programmes.
Also, when private universities with lesser infrastructure were permitted to admit undergraduate students in large numbers , why should government universities confine their academic programmes to post graduates and researchers , Prof. Ponnavaikko asked .
The proposal for the B.S. programme mooted by the Bharathidasan University was strongly backed by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and the National Academy of Sciences – India, Allahabad.
The Vice-Chancellor pointed out that by offering undergraduate programmes, the government universities would not be limited to only attract best minds and see through their transformation into quality researchers, but also do their part in enhancing the gross enrolment ratio in higher education.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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