Five universities sign MOU for choice-based credit system

Vice-chancellors from five Universities of Gujarat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University(DAOU) during a national conference of vice-chancellors in Ahmedabad for the implementation of the choice based credit system. The universities that signed MOU include:Kutch University, Bhavnagar University, Hemchandra University, Ganpat University (Khedva) and Gujarat Forensic Science University (Gandhinagar). The system will allow a student to study elective subjects along with core ones.

A knowledge portal www.baou.edu.in was also launched at the event where the students will be able to view all the course material at the click of a mouse, without any registration or password. Also launched was Gyanbindu (Mobipedia), which is an encyclopedia of words which can be accessed through mobile.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi graced the occasion.