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| Saturday, Apr 21, 2007
Vice-Chancellor stresses need for changing curriculum
Call for project-based interdisciplinary courses
MOMENT OF HONOUR: Madras University Vice-Chancellor S. Ramachandran
with R.V. Saraswathy, university first rank-holder, at the
convocation of Meenakshi College for Women on Thursday. College
secretary K.S. Lakshmi (left) and Meenakshi College of Engineering
Principal K.S. Babai
Chennai: The growth rate of higher education in the country
is not sufficient to meet the needs of society, Madras University
Vice-Chancellor S. Ramachandran said here on Thursday.
Though several committees had made recommendations for reforms
in education, courses in arts, science and commerce at the higher
secondary-level remained stereotyped. General courses of the
same variety were also pursued at the degree-level, he said
in his convocation address at Meenakshi College for
Women.
Dr. Ramachandran said all attempts at `vocationalisation' or
diversification of courses were foiled because of a lack of
either political will or infrastructure. A shortage of trained
teachers in technical and vocational institutions was also a
reason. He emphasised the need to focus on curriculum change
and project-based interdisciplinary courses.
Urging the students to take up the challenge to design effective
mechanisms for dissemination of knowledge, he said: "Learning
in higher education is processing the information to get meaning."
Secretary of the college K. S. Lakshmi and Principal of Meenakshi
College of Engineering K.S. Babai participated.
R.V. Saraswathy and Lakshmi Devi P. got medals for the first
and third positions respectively in the University of Madras
rank list for B.Sc. Mathematics.
R.S. Meenakshi got the university first rank in Sanskrit and
Manimegalai S. the third rank in Tamil. Twenty seven prizes
were given away to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Prizes were also given to students of the foundation courses
in English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit and French and for
proficiency in the MCA course.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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