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Saturday, Jun 27, 2009
Choice-based subject study enables teachers to upgrade knowledge in specialised fields
He was inaugurating a workshop for university teachers at Gandhigram near here on Friday. Under this programme, all subjects were available to all students under each course.
Students had the options to choose main subjects, allied subjects and electives following certain norms of the university. Students could decide what they wanted to be and what to study to achieve their aim.
More over, this approach was a teacher oriented programme. Skilled teachers could offer their expertise to the needy students, he added. Now, higher education had been facing the challenges in the wake of privatisation and globalisation.
Elaborating importance of upgrading skills of faculty members, Mr. Ramasamy said teachers should have self introspection and raise the profile of knowledge.
To enhance the knowledge base, he said that each department in the university could tap national and international professors’ expertise in various fields for knowledge sharing.
The University Grants Commission has given provisions to universities to utilise visiting professors, adjacent professors and national-level experts to enhance their knowledge base, he added. “All these efforts would certainly provide dividends for all stakeholders of higher education in the country.”
University Controller of Examinations and coordinator of Choice Based Credit System Regulations, M. Sivaraman informed that the UGC has made CBCS mandatory for higher education and directed the central and state universities to introduce sustainable academic and administrative reforms.
The coordinator also stated that CBCS regulations 2008-09 of the university covered features like values and social responsibilities, individual and group commitment towards entrepreneurial or social activities to solve issues arising out of livelihood societal problems. Marketing of rural products, residential change agents and my village scheme were other efforts of the university under this programme to meet the millennium development goals of villages, he added.
A hand out on CBCS regulations were given to all participating teachers. University Registrar M.S. Prabakaran felicitated.
"Universities directed to introduce academic and administrative reforms"
Choice-based subject study enables teachers to upgrade knowledge in specialised fields
- University Grants Commission has made CBCS mandatory for higher education
- National and international professors’ expertise could be utilised for knowledge sharing
He was inaugurating a workshop for university teachers at Gandhigram near here on Friday. Under this programme, all subjects were available to all students under each course.
More over, this approach was a teacher oriented programme. Skilled teachers could offer their expertise to the needy students, he added. Now, higher education had been facing the challenges in the wake of privatisation and globalisation.
Elaborating importance of upgrading skills of faculty members, Mr. Ramasamy said teachers should have self introspection and raise the profile of knowledge.
To enhance the knowledge base, he said that each department in the university could tap national and international professors’ expertise in various fields for knowledge sharing.
The University Grants Commission has given provisions to universities to utilise visiting professors, adjacent professors and national-level experts to enhance their knowledge base, he added. “All these efforts would certainly provide dividends for all stakeholders of higher education in the country.”
University Controller of Examinations and coordinator of Choice Based Credit System Regulations, M. Sivaraman informed that the UGC has made CBCS mandatory for higher education and directed the central and state universities to introduce sustainable academic and administrative reforms.
The coordinator also stated that CBCS regulations 2008-09 of the university covered features like values and social responsibilities, individual and group commitment towards entrepreneurial or social activities to solve issues arising out of livelihood societal problems. Marketing of rural products, residential change agents and my village scheme were other efforts of the university under this programme to meet the millennium development goals of villages, he added.
A hand out on CBCS regulations were given to all participating teachers. University Registrar M.S. Prabakaran felicitated.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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