UGC releases draft guidelines and curriculum framework for environment education at undergraduate level

The draft guidelines and curriculum framework for environment education at the undergraduate level was released by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday, highlighting that out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), six are directly linked to environmental protection and resource conservation.

The UGC came out with a core module syllabus for compulsory implementation of environmental studies, earlier in 2003, at the undergraduate level as per the directives of the Supreme Court. Further, in 2017, the UGC framed an eight-unit module syllabus for the Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC-Environmental Studies) under the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS).

Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, PM Modi stressed on the mantra ‘Lifestyle for Environment’, and also about setting a target for net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

“On October 20, 2022 the Prime Minister launched Mission Life, a global movement to safeguard our environment from the impact of climate change. Environment education, therefore, needs to include areas such as climate change, pollution, waste management, sanitation, conservation of biological diversity, management of biological resources and biodiversity, forest and wildlife conservation, and sustainable development,” he said.