In how many years is the affiliation of colleges to be phased out?

NEP 2020 proposes phasing out the affiliation of colleges over about fifteen years through a graded system of autonomy.

Ten years is shorter than the transition period the policy sets.

Twelve years also falls short of the stated horizon.

Twenty years is longer than the period envisaged.

Colleges are to become autonomous degree-granting institutions or constituent parts of universities.

A stage-wise mechanism of graded autonomy will guide this transformation.