NEW DELHI: In a first, 3,474 regular students across 20 universities are set to to earn credits through the online-learning platform Swayam. With 92 universities, including University of Hyderabad, Central Universities of Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, besides Jamia Millia Islamia and Anna University having approved credit transfers, scholars of these universities can now learn from home and earn as much as 20% of the total credit through this online-learning platform.
Swayam offers courses from class 9th to post graduate level where regular school or university students can register. Students can earn credits for some of the Swayam’s UG/PG level courses by taking the credit test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). This credit will get added to the total credits needed by a student to complete his course in his parent university. This allows the scholar flexibility both in terms of time as he can pace his study and also provides a wider choice in terms of subjects.
According to R Subrahmanyam, secretary, higher education, ministry of human resource development, the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted computer-based tests for 90 Massive Open Online Courses of undergraduate and post graduate courses for Swayam candidates on December 1 and 2. The tests were conducted at 87 centers in 61 cities and 3,474 candidates were in attendance.
“So far, 92 universities, which includes central, state, deemed and private universities, have come on board in accepting credit transfer for courses done through Swayam platform. It’s an encouraging beginning with over 3,800 students registering for the credit exams. More universities are to come on board,” said Subrahmanyam.
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So far majority of the credit courses accepted by the universities are for the optional papers, while a few universities are also accepting core papers for credit transfer. “In sync with the semester system of the universities, the credit exams are to be conducted by the NTA and certificates of credit will be issued. Students then will submit the certificate of credits to their parent universities,” added the secretary.
