Multiple Entry and Multiple Exit Option in Higher Education: Boon Or Bane

Abstract

NEP 2020 seeks to pave the way for flexible and lifelong learning and encourages students to choose their academic path leading to the award of certificate, diploma, and degree. Hence, Multiple Entry and Exit System (MEES) is the corner stone of the new National Education Policy in higher education. The system allows students to drop their course and resume it at a later stage as and when they desire or deem it worth pursuing. This arrangement will prove to be a boon for those students who cannot continue their studies due to financial, social or any other reason and desire to resume their studies when the conditions become favourable in due course of time. This kind of flexibility gives students adequate options in planning their careers, taking care of life events that may require them to discontinue their studies temporarily at any juncture.Though Educational institutions are likely to face a lot of glitches while implementing the MEES. MEES would not ensure entry according to the will of the students, but on the conditions of the institutions. One of the main problems would be determining the number of students to be admitted each year. will disturb the required teacher-pupil ratio and other infrastructural facilities available in the institution.
Another concern that is bothering everybody is that a large population of the students who will leave the courses in between may not return back due to some trivial reasons. As a coin has two sides the MEES of NEP, 2020 has also both the advantages and disadvantages. It depends upon the vision how we look upon it. Implementation of each aspect of the policy in a proper way is necessary. Some changes in curriculum may be needed. Understanding the pros and cons of the multiple entry and exit system will provide a better perspective for the administrators to bring desirable changes into the institution and system. This paper brings to light both the aspects of MEES.

Keywords: Nep 2020, Multiple Entry, Multiple Exit, Academic Bank Of Credits, Benefits, Concerns