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Patna,(BiharTimes): After being cut beyond its size the Patna University has initiated a move to introduce five-year integrated teaching courses in different subjects leading to MA, MSc or MCom degree.
According to reports students would be admitted to these courses after Class XII and would be free to leave the course after passing the examination at the
end of the third year (with graduation degree). |
But many teachers fear that if the plan materializes, Patna College, Patna Science College and B N College would lose their relevance. PU will then function like Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu Univesity.
However, Heads of some Post-Graduate departments of PU have welcomed the move and observed that there is no harm if the university is developed as a centre of excellence in post-graduate teaching and research.
PU has in last few years lost several colleges. In 2004, one of its constituent unit, the Bihar College of Engineering was upgraded as the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna by the Central government.
Then the Patna Medical College, which was academically affiliated to PU, was shifted to Aryabhat Knowledge University (AKU).
The College of Arts and Crafts, the Patna Law College, the Patna Training College and the Women’s Training College, might soon be attached to AKU. All these institutions have been imparting teaching in professional courses for the last several decades under the academic and administrative control of PU.
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