In a significant reversal of its stance, the State government is actively pursuing the possibility of commencing four-year undergraduate (UG) programmes this academic year.
The volte-face has come two months after it had announced its decision to defer the reform by a year in the face of vehement objections raised by teachers and students’ organisations who called for adequate deliberations prior to its introduction.
The abrupt change in the government’s position appears to have come after the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) strongly discouraged delaying the move in spite of the opposition it could evoke, sources said.
