Universities are being encouraged by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to design methods that will allow students to simultaneously enrol in two academic programmes. In April 2022, the commission released the program's guidelines.
Students are having trouble pursuing dual degrees because higher education institutions (HEIs) require the submission of school leaving certificates or migration certificates. The students cannot get admission without these certificates, as per UGC's latest notification.
The UGC notice stated, "Therefore, it is once more requested that the institutions may kindly design facilitative procedures through statutory organisations to allow the students to pursue two academic programmes together." The universities were previously asked by the commission to modify the rules that allow for dual-degree programmes starting in September 2022.
According to the UGC dual-degree programme guidelines, a student may enrol in up to two online or in-person full-time academic programmes from the same institution or from separate universities at the same time. The purpose of these programmes is to make it easier for students to obtain both official and informal education through a variety of methods. Students pursuing PhDs, however, are not eligible for the UGC dual-degree programme.