Only 15% higher education courses in India have NBA accreditation, says Sahasrabudhe

Sahasrabudhe also elaborated on his vision for the National Education Technology Forum (NETF), a newly formed national body aimed at providing new age technology-driven educational content. Insisting that it is not a government run ed-tech platform, Sahasrabudhe said, “Children are not interested in textbooks, but they like cartoons. Educational content in cartoons might be more effective. There are already so many organisations which are working in developing technology-based engaging educational content. The NETF will be a single platform where submissions by such organisations will be evaluated and good content will be recommended to different states.”

The degrees awarded by MU included 1,75,602 graduation degrees and 31,543 postgraduate degrees, apart from 270 PhDs and 23 M.Phil. Out of the total 18 gold medals awarded, 12 went to girls and six to boys.

According to data provided by MU, a total of 79,220 girls and 96,382 boys were awarded graduation degrees. Among those who were awarded postgraduation degrees, 18,551 were girls and 12,992 boys. Considering the faculty-wise statistics, this year’s convocation ceremony included 26,645 degrees for Arts, 4,937 for interdisciplinary courses, and 56, 004 for Science and Technology faculty. The highest 1,19,559 degrees were awarded in Commerce and Management faculty.

MU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Digambar Shirke, Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr Ajay Bhamare, Registrar Dr Sunil Bhirud and Director, Board of Examination and Evaluation, Dr Prasad Karande were present at the event.