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Friday, July 09, 2010
Chennai: The newly-constituted Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education (TNSCTE) would soon discuss the proposal to make it mandatory for engineering colleges to establish in-house counselling and guidance cells for students. The move comes against the backdrop of recent instances of students committing suicides in engineering colleges.
“The present generation students are in need of a lot of counselling to handle problems which are emotional, academic or financial in nature. Unfortunately all engineering colleges do not have a counselling and guidance cell where the student can turn to during a stressful situation. The TNSCTE will soon meet to discuss a host of agenda including this issue of making it mandatory to have such cells to counsel students,” TNSCTE vice chairman professor M S Palanichamy told The Times of India on Thursday.
“Through counselling if the students can be convinced of their larger responsibilities in life probably they will avoid taking extreme decisions,” he reasoned.
The TNSCTE will also compile a database of the engineering and polytechnic colleges, technical universities and the number of students enrolled in these institutions and teachers employed.
“We will collect details on the employment front at the district, state and national level. This will help us forecast the requirement of the number of engineers and how much quality improvement is needed in the field of technical education,” Palanichamy explained. Besides all state, national and global policy reports on technical education will be sourced.
The council at its first meeting which will be held shortly would consider forming expert committees to deliberate on improving the engineering education curriculum and initiating reforms in the examination system of technical institutions. “We now award 80% marks for external valuation and 20% for internal valuation. The committee could examine if this is a right proportion and is there any need for reforms. On the curriculum front possibly we could explore giving more credits for practical components,” he said.
In addition, the expert groups will look at making value added courses and soft skill programmes mandatory for all engineering college students so that they are “employment ready.”
The TNSCTE will also play a critical role in assisting the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in maintaining standards and quality in engineering colleges. “The meeting will also explore creating Academic Staff Colleges for technical education faculty just as in arts and science universities,” Palanichamy disclosed.
Counselling cells in all engineering colleges likely
Chennai: The newly-constituted Tamil Nadu State Council for Technical Education (TNSCTE) would soon discuss the proposal to make it mandatory for engineering colleges to establish in-house counselling and guidance cells for students. The move comes against the backdrop of recent instances of students committing suicides in engineering colleges.
“The present generation students are in need of a lot of counselling to handle problems which are emotional, academic or financial in nature. Unfortunately all engineering colleges do not have a counselling and guidance cell where the student can turn to during a stressful situation. The TNSCTE will soon meet to discuss a host of agenda including this issue of making it mandatory to have such cells to counsel students,” TNSCTE vice chairman professor M S Palanichamy told The Times of India on Thursday.
The TNSCTE will also compile a database of the engineering and polytechnic colleges, technical universities and the number of students enrolled in these institutions and teachers employed.
“We will collect details on the employment front at the district, state and national level. This will help us forecast the requirement of the number of engineers and how much quality improvement is needed in the field of technical education,” Palanichamy explained. Besides all state, national and global policy reports on technical education will be sourced.
The council at its first meeting which will be held shortly would consider forming expert committees to deliberate on improving the engineering education curriculum and initiating reforms in the examination system of technical institutions. “We now award 80% marks for external valuation and 20% for internal valuation. The committee could examine if this is a right proportion and is there any need for reforms. On the curriculum front possibly we could explore giving more credits for practical components,” he said.
In addition, the expert groups will look at making value added courses and soft skill programmes mandatory for all engineering college students so that they are “employment ready.”
The TNSCTE will also play a critical role in assisting the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in maintaining standards and quality in engineering colleges. “The meeting will also explore creating Academic Staff Colleges for technical education faculty just as in arts and science universities,” Palanichamy disclosed.
Courtesy: Times of India
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