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Bangalore, Feb 24: The British legacy will give way to Mysore peta. In a significant move, the Inter-University Board (IUB) on Friday February 23, decided to ban the use of convocation caps adorned by students and faculty during convocation ceremonies.

With this, students passing out of the nine universities in Karnataka will no longer wear the traditional black cap during their proud moments. Instead, universities have been given the option of using the traditional Mysore peta. "We have banned the use of these convocation caps.

Wearing the Mysore peta will, however, be optional. Our idea of banning it is to change the British legacy," higher education minister D H Shankaramurthy said after the 46th IUB meeting here. However, there is no change in the gown worn by students and faculty during the convocation ceremony.

The academic cap or square, commonly known as the "mortarboard', has become symbolic of the academia. It is a flat square hat with a tassel suspended from a button in the top centre of the board. The tassel is made of a cluster of silk threads, which are fastened by a button at one end and fixed at the centre of the headpiece.

The loose strands are allowed to fall freely over the board edge. The strands are plaited together to form a cord, with the end threads left untied. In the Commonwealth, academic caps are not generally worn indoors by men (other than by the Chancellor or other high officials), but are usually carried.

In some graduation ceremonies in the world, these caps have been dispensed with. Common PG ET All universities will have a common test for PG courses.A la CET, the uniform test will be followed by common rank list and common counselling for eleven courses.