VCs of state Varsities decide to revise and update nearly 50 courses in their respective Universities

Updated on: Saturday, October 27, 2012

Vice-chancellors of all state universities have decided to revise and update nearly 50 courses in their respective universities by the end of 2012-13 academic session. In the first phase, 63 courses were revised in the academic year 2011-12. The decision was taken at a meeting of VCs of all state universities held at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University ( RMLNLU) on Friday. The meeting was chaired by Prof RC Saraswat, vice-chancellor of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad.

Heading the monitoring committee for implementation of common minimum syllabus in all courses in various state universities, Prof Saraswat had called the meeting of VCs on the direction of state government. Chief secretary Jawed Usmani on October 3 wrote a letter to Prof Saraswat asking him to conduct a meeting of all VCs in October and assure revision of 50 courses.

In order to obtain its objective of ensuring quality education in higher education institutions, the state government has endeavoured to revise syllabi of courses of all colleges and universities..

Giving details about the implementation of common minimum syllabus, vice-chancellor of Rohilkhand University, Prof Mohd Muzammil said, "There is a gross misunderstanding of the concept of common minimum syllabus. By the term, it is meant that all universities should include all topics as per the UGC curriculum for all subjects. Any addition in accordance to the demand of industry is always welcome."

Prof Muzammil also said that there needs to be a commonality in regard to number of papers a student needs to qualify for a particular course each year. For instance, a student of economics in one state university has five subjects to clear in first year, while another student pursuing same course in another university needs to qualify only four.

A discussion on improving quality of research also took place. It was decided that the admissions to Phd will be on the basis on common entrance test. All universities have been asked to upload the vacant number of seats in all subjects, so that students face no trouble while taking admissions. Also, a student who will qualify a test scheduled after six months of doing course work will be eligible to pursue PhD.

VCs of state Varsities decide to revise and update nearly 50 courses in their respective Universities

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