The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised guidelines for transforming colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions and has prescribed three different approaches which include “clustering” of establishments located in proximity to each other.
The UGC will make public its “Guidelines for Transforming Higher Educational Institutions in to Multidisciplinary Institutions” on Friday. These aim to help State governments and universities frame appropriate rules and policies. Promoting multidiscplinary institutions was a key recommendation of the National Education Policy 2020.
The UGC has suggested academic collaboration between institutions through “clusters” of higher education institutions (HEIs) in order to promote multi-disciplinary education and research in online and offline modes.
