Uniform Syllabus for All Odisha Varsities from Next Academic Year

Bhubaneswar, Dec 7: A common choice-based credit syllabus (CBCS) for undergraduate students and common entrance for PG students will be introduced in all universities across Odisha from the next academic year.

The Odisha State Higher Education Council took this decision at a meeting on Thursday to maintain quality of education.

The uniform curriculum will help the students to compete at national and international levels, said official sources.

The sources said, Students’ Academic Management System (SAMS) will conduct the common entrance examination and the students need to score a minimum of 45 per cent marks to appear at the entrance examination.

The Vice Chancellors of all the universities of Odisha and PG Council Chairman and Examination Controllers were present in the meeting.

“We have brought some reforms like, common syllabus at UG level and common entrance examination at PG level from the coming academic year. We will improve our examination system,” said Higher Education Council Project Director Parameswaran B.

Utkal University will conduct the common entrance for humanities and social science streams and that for natural sciences will be held at Sambalpur University will conduct while Berhampur University will prepare the module for entrance in various other streams including commerce, management and affiliated courses, added the sources.