Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said Pass Courses should be introduced in all the colleges of the State and Honours Course should not be forcibly imposed on the students under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) as adopted by HPU since academic session 2013-14.
Presiding over the review meeting of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) here, he said the Honours Courses, however can be introduced in the selected colleges where the students want to take up the same.
The Chief Minister said that University Grants Commission (UGC) had given full choice to the students to pursue Pass Course or Honours as per CBCS module. The CBCS, if followed on analogy of UGC, was far better, comprehensive and in the far better interest of the students, he said.
The merits and demerits of the present RUSA system was also deliberated upon and the Chief Minister directed to start Pass Courses in all colleges of the State.
He said the genuine demands of the college lecturers should be met without delay and their grievances should be taken up. However, the college lecturers should not think that tactics of pressing their demands every time during examination and evaluation period.
Vice-Chairman, HPTDC and member of HP University Executive Committee Harish Janaratha, said that the shortcomings in CBCS would soon be redressed, adding that CBCS had one major limitation as it was not at par with the norms followed at National level. He hailed the decision of the Chief Minister of allowing introducing Pass Course in all colleges under the CBCS.
Chief Secretary, P. Mitra, Vice-Chancellor, HPU, Dr. A.D.N Bajpayee, Additional Chief Secretaries, V.C. Pharka, P.C. Dhiman, Dr. Shrikant Baldi, Director, Higher Education, Dinkar Burathoki, Project Director, RUSA, Amar Dev were also present in the meeting amongst others.