Engg syllabi to be updated to keep up with industry
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DELHI: Engineering courses are set to receive a syllabi revision that will make
them contemporary enough to fulfil industry requirements.
The
All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has set up a panel of subject
experts to review the existing syllabi, and recommend changes at engineering
and technical institutes – excluding IITs and NITs. The regulatory body, which
approved a single entrance test for engineering colleges recently, has now
issued regulations that mandate affiliated technical universities to revise
their syllabi every year in consultation with industry players.
The
institutions will have to set up subject-wise industry consultation committees
(ICCs) every year, and then incorporate their recommendations into their
engineering syllabi.
As
it is, the AICTE has a model curriculum that is used by affiliated universities
as a base for preparing their own syllabi. A committee of experts is all set to
revise it for the first time in nine years, and the suggestions made in this
regard will be submitted after the summer vacation – in time for the next
academic session. The panel comprises subgroups of various subject experts,
each headed by an IIT professor.
Former
IIT-Roorkee director Pradipta Banerji welcomed the council’s move to revise the
engineering syllabi. “The crucial part is – it will be done in consultation
with the industry. Most engineers remain unemployed because their skills are
not in sync with industry requirements,” he said.
The
move was spurred by feedback received by the Centre on the dismal state of
engineering education in the country. Though India has 3,000-odd registered
engineering institutes that produce seven lakh students annually, only 30-40%
of them land jobs. The low-employability levels are attributed as much to the
lack of requisite skills as the falling demand in the industry.
“The
fields of engineering and technology undergo changes every day, and we need to
keep up with their requirements. Students need to have skills required by the
industry. Some of the institutes are still teaching decades-old syllabi and
using obsolete teaching tools,” said a senior official from the human resource
development (HRD) ministry.
“There
has to be a constant dialogue between educational institutes and the industry.
Each institution, while applying for approval, will have to mandatorily certify
the completion of this process. If they fail to do so, action will be taken
against them,” he added.
The
process of setting up ICCs and revising the syllabus has to be completed by
December every year. All the engineering institutes in India use different
tools and techniques to teach students and test their skills. However, for
years, many of them have neglected revising their curricula to keep up with the
rapid strides in technological advancement. HRD minister Prakash Javadekar had
also asked engineering institutes to revise their curricula with industry
requirements in mind.
Source | Hindustan Times | 23 March 2017
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