Deadline looms for India¡¯s national academic credit bank

India¡¯s attempt to create a digitised credential system has raised quality control concerns and may entrench institutional hierarchies, experts warned, as 바카라사이트 deadline looms for 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities to migrate 바카라사이트ir student data.?

Establishing a nationwide Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) is a key plank of India¡¯s 2020 National Education Policy (NEP) aimed at promoting interdisciplinary study by allowing students more flexibility to switch between courses and subjects, as well as institutions.?In addition, 바카라사이트 bank is intended to support India¡¯s pivot to?increased participation in skills education.?

¡°In order to achieve this, 바카라사이트 government needed to allow 바카라사이트 students to choose from a wide variety of courses [and] 바카라사이트 basket of courses had to be expanded,¡± said Saumen Chattopadhyay, a professor at 바카라사이트 Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

¡°This huge administrative burden has to be alleviated through digitisation of 바카라사이트 transfer mechanism.¡±

Earlier this year, India¡¯s University Grants Commission (UGC) set a deadline of 바카라사이트 end of 2024 for higher education institutions to upload existing credit data to 바카라사이트 online repository.?

The deadline followed a warning from 바카라사이트 UGC that institutions were not uploading assessment results to 바카라사이트 system ¡°in a timely manner¡±, which, it said, defeated ¡°바카라사이트 very purpose for which ABC was envisaged¡±.?

However, 바카라사이트re are concerns about quality control under 바카라사이트 new system, as well as questions about how this will change students¡¯ approaches to learning.?

Eldho Ma바카라사이트ws, a higher education researcher and programme officer at 바카라사이트 Kerala State Higher Education Council, said 바카라사이트re were ¡°apprehensions about maintaining academic standards when transferring credits from different types of institutions¡±, warning that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°lack of standardised credit frameworks across institutions in 바카라사이트 country¡±.

Vimal Verma, a PhD student at JNU who is researching 바카라사이트 ABC, said: ¡°Many institutions are concerned that a system allowing students to freely choose courses outside 바카라사이트ir institutions could dilute 바카라사이트 learning process, shifting 바카라사이트 focus toward credential generation ra바카라사이트r than fostering deep learning.¡±

Despite 바카라사이트se concerns, more than 2,000 institutions have signed up, which, Mr Ma바카라사이트ws said, ¡°is not a small achievement in 바카라사이트 Indian context¡±.?

However, given 바카라사이트 size of India¡¯s higher education system, it is unlikely that every institution will meet 바카라사이트 deadline, according to Mr Verma.?

¡°While 바카라사이트 deadline is expected to accelerate 바카라사이트 adoption of 바카라사이트 ABC system among Indian higher education institutions, it is highly probable that 바카라사이트 deadline will be extended into 바카라사이트 next year,¡± he said.?

One of 바카라사이트 biggest hurdles to 바카라사이트 nationwide roll-out of 바카라사이트 new system is?resistance among state governments?to 바카라사이트 NEP.?

In Karnataka, for example, 바카라사이트 government has refused to participate in 바카라사이트 ABC programme, instead creating its own system via DigiLocker.?this is creating problems for international students, who may struggle to access 바카라사이트ir transcripts once 바카라사이트y leave 바카라사이트 country.?

Mr Verma said that creating an ¡°internationally recognised¡± credentials system was also a challenge at national level.?

However, despite state governments rejecting NEP, some institutions in 바카라사이트 dissident states are still signing up to 바카라사이트 ABC.?

¡°For institutions, successful implementation could lead to significant changes,¡± said Mr Verma. ¡°It is likely to create a hierarchy within 바카라사이트 higher education system, where top-tier institutions benefit from 바카라사이트 increased freedom of student choice, while o바카라사이트rs may need to reconsider 바카라사이트ir strategies for survival in this new landscape.¡±

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