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| Saturday, June 21, 2008
Choice-based credit system to be implemented, but with dilution
Chennai: The choice-based credit system will be implemented
in all colleges under the University of Madras this year, but
the impact on students and faculty will be diluted for now.
To effect the change gradually and allow all stakeholders more
time to adapt themselves to the system, Vice-Chancellor S. Ramachandran
has announced that the new subjects introduced by the system
— including Part IV compulsory Tamil for non-Tamil students,
the soft skills component, environmental studies, value education
and extra-curricular activities — will not count for the
award of class divisions this year.
This means that while students will still earn credits from
these subjects and still have to obtain a pass percentage to
obtain their degree, poor performance in one of these new subjects
will not pull a potential first class student down to second
class. Only core and allied subjects, English and second language
will be considered for awarding classes.
“This kind of gradual system will solve a lot of our problems,”
Dr. Ramachandran said, after making the announcement at a special
meeting of the university’s Academic Council that saw
a spirited debate on the new system. “Students won’t
complain if they only have to pass the paper…Once we perfect
the system, we can upgrade it to include these subjects for
classification also.”
He feels it will take two or three years for both students and
faculty to get used to the system.
This was a concession to the demand for delay in implementation
from a section of the Academic Council. Several faculty members
complained that the system would involve additional workload
for faculty.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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