University Grants Commission (UGC) wrote to higher educational institutes for implementation of Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) on urgent basis.

The commission said that with the concurrence of Ministry of Education had notified the University Grants Commission (Establishment and Operation of Academic Bank of Credits in Higher Education) Regulations 2021 in the Gazette of lndia on July, 28 2021. The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) platform has been developed by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) of Ministry of Electronics and lnformation Technology (MeitY) under DigiLocker framework, with facility/functionality of opening Academic Account by the students and on-boarding of Higher Educational institutions (HEls).

Academic Bank of Credits will digitally store the academic credits earned by students from HEls registered with ABC, for awarding degree, diploma, certificates taking into account credits earned by students. ABC will ensure the opening, closure, and validation of Academic Bank of Accounts, verification, accumulation, and transfer or redemption for students. ABC facilitate students to choose their own learning path to attain a degree, diploma, certificates, working on the principle of multiple entry-multiple exit as well as anytime, any-where, and any-level learning.

To enhance the reach of the ABC programme, all higher educational institutions are asked to take action on certain points on urgent basis.

UGC said register the institution on ABC, upload data of student credits obtained during or after the academic year 2021-22, make the students of institution aware about ABC facility and encourage and hand-hold them for opening Academic Bank Account on ABC portal, create a hyperlink of ABC on lnstitution’s respective website’s home page, depute the nodal officers for implementing ABC and reflecting their details on their websites. Higher Educational institutions may insist their students to fill up ABC id on all examination form.