GTU to adopt active learning technique

Updated on: Thursday, May 17, 2012

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has decided to adopt the active learning technique and make the syllabus, easy to understand with the use of easy language, graphics and cartoons so that the students are able to grasp and understand the technical stuff better.

The comes in the wake of shockingly low result posted by the GTU degree and diploma engineering students in the first semester. While 80 per cent students failed in the first semester degree engineering exam, 70 per cent diploma students failed to pass the exam.

Workshops were conducted by GTU to understand the problem areas with the students. Two workshops were held with the teachers. The decision to de-mystify the syllabus with the use of easy language and animations was taken at the third workshop.

A GTU official said, "Special attention will be paid to topics where students are failing consistently to perform. These topics will be demystified so that students are able to learn better and hence score better".

The teachers have been asked to submit complete the process of converting topics underlined to be difficult into easily understood content by July.

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