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Gujarat University to allow lateral entry for students

All colleges have 80% of common syllabus as per norms by the Universities Grants Commission and 20% of their own syllabus

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Taking a leap in education by moving from the traditional education system towards a more flexible one, Gujarat University — like IIT's in the country — will allow lateral entry and exit to students. The students, from next academic year, will be able to pursue their choice of subject from any other institute and Gujarat university will credit the student for the same.

"All colleges have 80% of the common syllabus as per norms by the Universities Grants Commission and 20% of their own syllabus. So, if a student gets transferred to some other city or wants to pursue a subject in some other institute, then we will be allowing that and the student can come back to GU for the degree," Himanshu Pandya, V-C, Gujarat University said.

He added, "This will also benefit students whose subject, for an instance, does not have a faculty, can then opt for the same in another institute. This is the way ahead and we want academic freedom to be given to students. Gone are the days of rigidity. With this system, there will be a huge rush to learn new courses in various universities."

The university has also brought in examination reforms by taking away surprise questions from exams. "Time has come to evaluate and evolve ourselves in terms of assessment. We need to bring change in the way we evaluate our students. Professors have a habit of setting the toughest paper so that students find it difficult to ace. We need to change our approach and all this is happening as we have limited techniques for assessment", Pandya said.

Regarding lateral exit and entry, Pandya had recently voiced the same while speaking at a day-long state-level seminar on 'Quality Improvement in Higher Education', chaired by state education minister Bhupendrasinh Ch-udasama. A postgraduate student of School of Languages said, "During my graduation, my parents were transferred to Surat and I had to face a lot of issues seeking a transfer. I also wasted a lot of time and eventually had to change the university. This decision, see-ms helpful for students like me."

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  • All colleges have 80% of common syllabus as per norms by the Universities Grants Commission and 20% of their own syllabus. 
     
  • Therefore, if a student wants a transfer to another city or wants to pursue a subject in some other institute, GU will be allow that. 
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