Historian Romila Thapar has strongly criticized the UGC Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework. She warns it could reduce higher education to rote learning and intrude on university autonomy. Thapar says the.
Thiruvananthapuram, 24 Sep 2025
Historian Romila Thapar has strongly criticized the UGC Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework. She warns it could reduce higher education to rote learning and intrude on university autonomy.
Concerns about academic quality
Thapar says the UGC framework could limit students to question-answer formats. She thinks this will stop them from asking important questions. Thapar was part of a group in Kerala that looked at the draft document. She says universities, not the government, should decide what to teach and research. Thapar feels administrators and politicians do not have the special knowledge needed to make good study plans.
Issues with Indian Knowledge System
Thapar points out problems with how the UGC draft talks about Indian Knowledge System. She says there is no clear definition of what it means. Thapar thinks the draft uses old texts like Kautilyas Arthashastra without thinking about how ideas changed over time. She says Indian knowledge is not just from Hindu sources. Thapar explains that many ideas came from exchanges between India, West Asia, Central Asia and China long ago. The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun…
The syllabus and what is to be taught and how in each discipline is the concern of the individual university and is not to be dictated to by the government.
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Updated 25 Sep 2025, 00:41 IST; source: link
