Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)
Sathish Babu on Sep 29, 2017 at 9:48 am
Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Govt. of India, has already initiated the process for developing New Education Policy (NEP) in our country to bring out reforms in Indian education system.Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is such a New Education Policy University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued detailed guidelines for CBCS.
What is Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)?
Majority of Indian higher education institutions have been following marks or percentage based evaluation system, which obstructs the flexibility for the students to study the subjects/courses of their choice and their mobility to different institutions.
Advantages of CBCS System
- Students moving from old to new college/ university can transfer the credits to the new migrating institution
- The Choice Based Credit System allows students to pursue one part of the course in one institution and the remaining in the other. The standard CBCS assessment method makes the evaluation of the performance of students easy on a single scale
- Students have the opportunity to choose courses of their own choice and interest and allows students to study at their own phase as per their interests
