kolhapur the shivaji university has delayed its plan to organise workshops in the affiliated colleges on choicebased credit system cbcs and national assessment and accreditation council naac citing busy academic schedule the university which is planning to introduce cbcs from the next academic year in colleges and make naac assessment mandatory was supposed to introduce the workshops as a mean to eneble the colleges to get familiar with the changes made in october however busy academic schedule has not allowed it in this semester said d r more director of board of colleges and university development bcud in the shivaji university kolhapur suk more said prior academic commitments have made the university shift its focus on other things resulting in cbcs and naac workshops getting postponed even the next semesters schedule is yet to be planned we have to arrange these two programmes on priority basis he said on the importance of naac assessment and cbcs more said all the colleges that have completed five years from the date of their foundation have to go through accreditation moreover the institutions that have completed accreditation process five years ago too have to prepare for reaccreditation naac assessment makes a college eligible for various development grants offered by the university grants commission ugc hence a college not reaccrediting itself will lose financial grants more said the suk had conducted an awareness workshop for nonaccredited colleges on naac evaluation in january this year on the implementation of cbcs more said the students will be able to choose subjects for a fixed number of credits thereby allowing flexibility students will be able to opt for courses of their choice and pursue skills to enhance their employability the grading system hopes to facilitate seamless mobility of students across institutions under cbcs a student can take interdisciplinary subjects along with regular courses more said shivaji university has a creditbased grading system where a fixed number of credits are allotted per subject in a semester the university moved to the credit system two years ago he added with the implementation of the choicebased credit system students will be able to choose subjects for a fixed number of credits thereby allowing flexibility students will be able to opt for courses of their choice and pursue skills to enhance their employability it provides flexible learning approach to a student who can take interdisciplinary subjects along with regular courses naac grading benefits it regulates quality of education and also ensures that educational institutions keep a constant check on their performance it helps the ugc disburse annual finances under various schemes to governmentrun and private colleges across the state it creates automatic pressure to maintain education quality and improvise on infrastructure facilities to avail financial aid from the government