THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (HONOURS) REGULATIONS, 2024 - Preamble

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Regulations issued for The Mahatma Gandhi University undergraduate programmes (Honours) for 2024 under the New Curriculum and Credit Framework. The document sets the legal basis, scope, and operational start from the 2024–2025 academic year, covering admissions to programmes across the university and its affiliating institutions. It defines core terms and establishes the Four Year Undergraduate Programme framework, including academic years, credits, continuous comprehensive assessment coordination, and mechanisms such as the Academic Bank of Credits for credit accumulation, recognition, transfer, and redemption.

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THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (HONOURS) REGULATIONS, 2024 MGU-UGP (Honours) THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (HONOURS) REGULATIONS, 2024 MGU-UGP (Honours) PREAMBLE The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued the Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes 2023 (CCFUP) which would provide a flexible choice-based credit system, multidisciplinary approach, multiple entry and exit options, and establish three Broad Pathways, (a) 3-year UG Degree, (b) 4-year UG Degree (Honours), and (c) 4-year UG Degree (Honours with Research) . The Kerala Higher Education Reforms Commission has recommended a comprehensive reform in the undergraduate curriculum for the 2023-24 academic year, adopting 4-year undergraduate programs to bring Kerala's undergraduate education at par with well acclaimed universities across the globe. The Kerala State Curriculum Committee for Higher Education has been constituted, and have proposed a model Kerala State Higher Education Curriculum Framework (KSHECF) for Undergraduate Education. The Academic Council of the Mahatma Gandhi University at its meeting held on ……. has resolved to introduce the Four Year Under Graduate Programmes (FYUGP); In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section…………………………………. of the Mahatma Gandhi University Act, 1981 read with subsequent amendments, the appropriate Authority approves the following Regulations namely as: THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (HONOURS) REGULATIONS, 2024 {MGU-UGP (Honours)} under the New Curriculum and Credit Framework, 2024. REGULATIONS 1. Short Title and Commencement i) These Regulations may be called THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (HONOURS) REGULATIONS, 2024 {MGU-UGP (Honours)} under the New Curriculum and Credit Framework 2024. ii) These Regulations will come into effect from the academic year 2024-2025 and will MGU-UGP (Honours) 2024 Page 2 of 41 have prospective effect. 2. Scope, Application i) These Regulations shall apply to all Under Graduate programmes under various Faculties conducted by THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY and its affiliating institutions for the admissions commencing in the academic year 2024- 2025. ii) Every programme conducted under the MGU-UGP in an affiliating institution shall be monitored by an MGU-UGP Academic Committee comprising members nominated by the College Council and by the University. 3. Definitions Unless context otherwise required, i) University means MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY established by an Act of the State Legislature. ii) ‘Act’ means the MAHATMA GANDHI University Act; iii) FYUGP means Four Year Under Graduate Programme. iv) Academic Year: Two consecutive (one odd and one even) semester followed by a vacation in one academic year. v) Academic Coordinator/Nodal Officer: Academic Coordinator/Nodal Officer is a faculty nominated by the college council to co-ordinate the effective conduct of the FYUGP including Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) undertaken by various departments within the college. She/ he/ they shall be the convenor for the College level Academic Committee. vi) Academic Week: A unit of five working days in which the distribution of work is organized, with five contact hours of one-hour duration on each day. vii) Academic Credit: A unit by which the course work is measured. It determines the number of hours of instructions required per week in a semester. It is defined both in terms of student efforts and teacher’s efforts. A course which includes one hour of lecture or tutorial or minimum 2 hours of lab work/ practical work/ field work per week is given one credit hour. Accordingly, one credit is equivalent to one hour of lecture or tutorial or two hours of lab work/ practical work/ field work/ practicum and learner engagement in terms course related activities (such as seminars preparation, submitting assi

FAQs

When do these Honours regulations come into effect, and what is their timeframe of application?

They come into effect from the 2024–2025 academic year and have a prospective effect.

Which institutions and programmes are covered by the regulations?

All undergraduate programmes under various faculties conducted by the university and its affiliating institutions, for admissions commencing in the 2024–2025 academic year.

How does the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) support learner mobility and credit management?

ABC is a government-managed digital mechanism enabling learners to accumulate, transfer, recognize, and redeem credits between or within degree-granting higher education institutions through formal credit recognition processes.

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