Understanding India with a historical perspective; knowledge of India’s environment in its totality; yoga education; fitness and sports; and digital learning; are among the common “value added courses” suggested by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in its new guidelines for undergraduate students. The UGC document, titled “Curriculum and credit framework for four-year undergraduate programmes”, seen by HT, is set to be notified on Monday. It lays down guidelines to be followed by universities and colleges that are set to enroll students under four-year undergraduate programmes from this year. Under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, universities and colleges will offer four-year undergraduate degrees with multiple exit and entry options. On Saturday, HT reported that the UGC guidelines suggested that students will now get an undergraduate “honours” degree only after completing a four-year course, instead of three years. According to the guidelines, the undergraduate students will now take up courses of their interest from ability enhancement (language), skill enhancement, and value-added categories in their first two semesters. These courses will be common for all students irrespective …