Seminar on quality of education

Updated on: Saturday, July 25, 2009

Chennai: All that is taught in schools and colleges seems not match with the requirement in real life and industry, according to S. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras.

Speaking at a symposium on 'Quality education' on Thursday, he said that education must be seen as an investment for the future.

Prof. Ramachandran emphasised that quality education should be a right blend of value education, vocational training, knowledge of computers and local languages. However, these were not the actual scenario in the current situation, he added, urging the academia to see "where and why we have gone wrong."

The seminar, organised by the St. John's International Residential School reflected on the issue of quality of education, focussing on factors such as managerial efficiency, infrastructural sufficiency, resourceful faculty and student enterprise.

The Karunya University, Chancellor, Paul Dhinakaran emphasised the need to make education more relevant and said institutions needed to focus on enhancing students' employability.

V. Irai Anbu, secretary, Department of Tourism and Culture, said managerial efficiency depended on how liberal and strict a management was.

He said, "There is a difference between discipline and conditioning". Managements should be strict in the beginning and slowly become liberal in order to be effective, he added.

The number of classrooms or other physical structures essentially does not refer to the infrastructure, but was in the ability of the institution to utilise them and provide an environment where students could be themselves, and probe into various matters.

The seminar purpose was not to judge, but to collectively examine if the quality of the present education system was good enough, said, Senior Principal, St. John's International Residential School, R. Kishore Kumar.

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