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AICTE to review UG curriculum
It seems that curriculum review of school and higher education is the flavour of the season these days.
NEW DELHI: It seems that curriculum review of school and higher education is the flavour of the season these days. After Central Board of Secondary Education, it's now the turn of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to review the curriculum of undergraduate studies in engineering and technology.
An All India Board of Undergraduate Studies in Engineering and Technology has been set up under the chairmanship of P B Sharma, principal, Delhi College of Engineering.
The board will focus on curriculum review of UG engineering programmes at technical institutions across the country, with a focus on strengthening inter-disciplinary engineering, creating professional orientation and bridging the gap between a graduate and a professional engineer.
The board will also look into shortage of quality teachers, creating culture of research in UG institutions, enterprising spirit among the student and creating world class infrastructure as part of the curriculum review process.
Future curriculum should also focus on inter-disciplinary aspect of engineering as engineers are often part of an inter-disciplinary team whether designing, developing software or manufacturing."
The AICTE, according to Sharma, plans to implement the necessary changes from the 2006 academic session.
A committee was formed under the chairmanship of C V Ramakrishnan, professor, IIT Delhi, to work on the concept paper. It will be followed by curriculum development workshops for engineering disciplines at leading institutions across the country.
"The focus of the review is to create an aptitude for self-learning so that students are in a position to cope with rapidly changing knowledge and technology base.
Case studies and major and minor projects undertaken by UG students should also be as far as possible aligned with industrial needs so that students can develop their problem-solving skills," added Sharma.
An All India Board of Undergraduate Studies in Engineering and Technology has been set up under the chairmanship of P B Sharma, principal, Delhi College of Engineering.
The board will focus on curriculum review of UG engineering programmes at technical institutions across the country, with a focus on strengthening inter-disciplinary engineering, creating professional orientation and bridging the gap between a graduate and a professional engineer.
The board will also look into shortage of quality teachers, creating culture of research in UG institutions, enterprising spirit among the student and creating world class infrastructure as part of the curriculum review process.
"Tomorrow's curriculum should be significantly different from what is being offered so far. The idea is to make curriculum flexible to absorb rapid changes in a knowledge society based on emerging technologies.
Future curriculum should also focus on inter-disciplinary aspect of engineering as engineers are often part of an inter-disciplinary team whether designing, developing software or manufacturing."
The AICTE, according to Sharma, plans to implement the necessary changes from the 2006 academic session.
A committee was formed under the chairmanship of C V Ramakrishnan, professor, IIT Delhi, to work on the concept paper. It will be followed by curriculum development workshops for engineering disciplines at leading institutions across the country.
"The focus of the review is to create an aptitude for self-learning so that students are in a position to cope with rapidly changing knowledge and technology base.
Case studies and major and minor projects undertaken by UG students should also be as far as possible aligned with industrial needs so that students can develop their problem-solving skills," added Sharma.
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