<img title="Vinod Tawde" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/mar/11-Vinod-Tawde.jpg" alt="Vinod Tawde" width="670" height="500" /> Vinod Tawde
Maharashtra's Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Sunday said that the state government is moving towards giving permission to "cluster universities", which would allow students to get degrees in multiple desciplines.
"The Maharashtra government is now heading towards giving permission for cluster universities. About 10-12 cluster universities would start functioning in the state in the near future and students would get multi-disciplinary&nbsp;degrees," Tawde said while addressing the media at the Shivaji University-Kolhapur campus.
As per the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development's Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)- National Higher Education Mission, a cluster university is one that gets created after converting colleges in close proximity&nbsp;to form one unit.
The minister said that one of the distinctive features of these cluster universities would be a choice-based credit&nbsp;system (CBCS).
As per the Union HRD ministry, the CBCS will enable students to take courses of their choice, learn at their own pace, undergo additional courses and acquire more than the required credits, and adopt an interdisciplinary approach to&nbsp;learning.
Tawde attacked Left Front parties for their criticism of the state government's policy of allowing non-government entities to adopt schools that had less number of students.
He challenged these parties to a public debate on the issue and alleged that they were misguiding people about the&nbsp;government's policy.
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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI
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"The Maharashtra government is now heading towards giving permission for cluster universities. About 10-12 cluster universities would start functioning in the state in the near future and students would get multi-disciplinary degrees," Tawde said

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