Karnataka: UGC Directive to Incorporate Indian Knowledge Systems in Higher Education Curricula Faces Opposition
Jayanth R | 01 May 2025 | The Hindu
Opposition is brewing among academics, educationists, and progressive organisations regarding the University Grant Commission (UGC) mandate to incorporate Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) in the higher education system.
With an aim to introduce ancient Indian culture to students, the UGC has instructed to incorporate IKS in all undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses based on the guidelines released in March 2023.
UGC has also taken steps to award credit points to students taking IKS. “At least 50% of the credits apportioned to the IKS should be related to the major discipline and should be accounted for the credits assigned to the major discipline,” the UGC has said….