'Defects' Flagged in Draft UGC Maths Module: Concepts Not Germane to the Subject, Say Scholars
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 21 September 2025 | The Telegraph
Several scholars have cited a number of loopholes in a draft curriculum on mathematics for undergraduate students and have submitted a petition to the University Grants Commission (UGC) demanding its withdrawal. The draft curriculum, prepared by the UGC, has introduced a course on Philosophy of Indian Mathematics in which students will have to study the Vedas, Vedangas, Puranas and Dharshanas to earn credits.
The UGC uploaded the draft curriculum on its website on August 20 and sought feedback from stakeholders till September 20. Once finalised, it will be treated as a model UGC curriculum by universities to shape their own courses. “We, the undersigned researchers, teachers, and graduate students in mathematics and related disciplines, are deeply concerned by the UGC draft curriculum for mathematics, 2025. It is riddled with grave defects, and if adopted, will damage the prospects of generations of students,” said the petition signed by 944 academics and research scholars…