Six central universities opted to offer admissions twice a year: Govt

new delhi: six central universities have adopted the policy of offering admissions twice a year, the union ministry of education said on wednesday. the information was shared by union minister of state for education sukanta majumdar in response to a written question in the rajya sabha. "the university grants commission (ugc) has approved the policy of allowing higher educational institutions (heis) to admit students twice a year, in july/august and january/february. however, admitting students twice a year is optional for the heis, depending on their preparedness to handle such biannual admissions," majumdar said. "the willing heis are required to carefully prepare a plan for all the activities related to the policy of admitting the students twice a year, including a plan for semester examinations," he added. the minister informed that six central universities -- central university of kerala, central university of punjab, central university of rajasthan, university of hyderabad, tezpur university and nagaland university -- adopted the policy of offering admissions twice a year.