Telangana: 28 Government Degree Colleges roll out new courses

In a move to boost employability quotient of students, the colleges decided to offer new apprenticeship embedded degree programmes for the academic year 2025-26

Hyderabad: In a move to boost the employability quotient of students, 28 Government Degree Colleges (GDCs) are set to roll out new apprenticeship embedded degree programmes for the academic year 2025-26.

The programmes are – BCom Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), BCom E-Commerce Operations, BCom Retail Operations, BSc Tourism & Hospitality Operations, BSc Digital/Industrial Electronics, BSc Marketing & Sales, BSc in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality, and BBA in Content and Creative Writing.

These new offerings aimed at boosting employability, fostering skill oriented education, and bridging the gap between academia and industry— ushering in a transformative era for GDCs.

The move by the Commissionerate of Collegiate Education comes as the degree colleges have seen a remarkable increase in their enrollment in the last eight years. Thanks to the past BRS government’s initiatives, including the introduction of the bucket system in 2021 that allows students to choose their undergraduate subjects from a pool, the GDCs admissions have gone up by 80 per cent.

As per the information shared by the Commissionerate, the GDCs admissions went up from 28,035 in 2018 to 50,477 to the present academic year 2024-25, which translates to 80 per cent hike. The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), a pivotal reform introduced in 2019, led to a surge of 14,250 additional admissions in just one year in 2019. Since then, the colleges have maintained a steady growth trajectory.

Further, some GDCs like the Government City College introduced sector skill council courses that aided students acquire industry skills besides paid internships during the course work.

The courses include retailing, e-commerce, operations and logistics, content and creative writing, media and entertainment, animation, entertainment, and pharmacy and allied courses. The courses are domain specific.

Students taking up these courses are mapped to the industry concerned, which offers paid internships to the tune of Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000 per month and guaranteed jobs upon completion of an under-graduation.