Nearly 3.17 crore students have so far registered for the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), according to the University Grants Commission.
“So far, three crore students have joined the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) platform and the process is still going on. This is very important for the successful implementation of the National Credit Framework, which provides more choices to the students,” a senior UGC official was quoted by PTI.
“If a student does any course during his studies, his credits will continue to be deposited in the bank,” the official added.
In addition to this, a total of 1693 academic institutions (universities, INIs) have also registered on ABC. Out of these 1693, 337 are autonomous colleges, 119 are central higher education institution, 54 are central universities, 15 colleges, 118 are deemed to be universities, 396 private universities, 403 state universities, 337 are autonomous colleges, and 22 other institutions.
How to register at ABC portal
Step 1: Visit the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) portal — abc.gov.in.
Step 2: On the home page, click on the link for ‘my account’ available on the right side top corner, and choose ‘student’ option.
Step 3: You will be redirected to a new window. Login/register using your username/ mobile number or government-issued identification cards.
Step 4: Key in all the required information and upload documents, if needed.
Back in June 2023, UGC had revealed revealed that more than 1 crore students had then registered at the Academic Bank of Credits.
ABC portal is a national-level facility which is being used to promote flexibility of curriculum framework and interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary academic mobility of students across the Indian higher educational institutions (HEls) with appropriate “credit transfer” mechanism.
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This portal will help in registration of HEIs under the ABC scheme and, opening, closure and validation of academic accounts of students, credit verification, credit accumulation, credit transfer/redemption of students and also promotion of the ABC among the stake holders.
