THE Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is geared up for effective implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in its centennial year. The faculty of commerce and management has restructured the programme structure of all of its Under-Graduate (UG) programmes including B.Com, BBA and BCCA in view of implementing NEP 2020 and thus making it more student friendly and learner centric. The team led by Dr Sanjay Kavishwar, Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management, RTMNU with Dr Sanjay Tekade, Dr Milind Gulhane, Dr Medha Kanetkar, Dr Nirzar Kulkarni, Dr Ishwar Somnathe and Dr Ujwala Dange prepared the draft and submitted it to the university. Dr Subhash Chaudhari, Vice-Chancellor of RTMNU, has approved the same under Section 12 (7) of Maharashtra Public Universities Act 2016.

 

“We want our students to become employable, a ready-made product for industry. The curriculum drafted by Dr Kavishwar is the perfect example of it. We are designing courses of our other faculties also on the same lines. They will not only match NEP but will also be competent,” Dr Chaudhari expressed. Talking about key features of the curriculum, Dr Kavishwar said, “Introduction of mandatory internship provides a greater opportunity to learners for enriched learning experience and thus enhancing the employability potential of learners. Choice Based Credit System: The student will be provided a wider choice of courses under each basket such as Core Courses, Ability Enhancement Courses, Skill Based Courses, Generic Electives and Discipline Specific Electives.” The curriculum has talked about skill based courses. A pool of skill based courses will be offered in every semester.

 

This shall include courses such as ‘Advanced Excel’, ‘Tally ERP’, ‘Content Writing’, ‘Financial Market Operations’, etc. These courses are designed to inculcate specific skills into the learner which are sought by employers at entry level. Another key feature is of Credit Transfer: A student will be allowed to opt out any course (except Core Course) and take a course of her/his choice from any recognised on-line learning platform. Credits so earned by a student will be accommodated and be considered while determining the eligibility of a student for award of degree. A student will be free to earn maximum 50% credits from outside the curriculum provided by University. This will allow higher flexibility to learners and will address the issue of customised learning needs of students. There will be Multiple Exit and Entry. A provision for multiple exit from the program has been made. A student will be eligible for award of ‘Certificate’ after 1st year, ‘Diploma’ after 2nd year and ‘Degree’ on completion of third year.

 

A student will be allowed to enter the program again in later years subject to fulfilment of certain conditions. The curriculum has given attention to multidisciplinary approach. Courses from various domains such Sociology, Psychology, Holistic Development, etc. have been added to the program to provide a student an opportunity to study various peripheral sciences of commerce and management. Each course will have a scientifically designed outcome which is expected to attained by the learner on completion of course. The focus here is ‘What student will be able to do/perform’ and not ‘What student will know’. This will need a change in the mindset of students, teachers and evaluators and will also require some radical changes in the evaluation system.