Thursday, June 26, 2008
Modifications in syllabus after students’ feedback: Vice-Chancellor

• Opinion to be ascertained from a mix of rural, urban students
• University to prepare common question pattern for colleges

Madurai: An ‘exit survey’ of university/ college students will be undertaken by the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) to evaluate the implementation of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). The State Government has made CBCS mandatory for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses from 2008-09.

R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Vice-Chancellor, told Academic Council members on Wednesday that any modification in syllabus could be made after getting proper feedback from students because “they will be the best judges to say about CBCS.”


A special meeting of the Academic Council was convened to approve the revised syllabus prepared in tune with the Government norms on CBCS.

“I suggest that the Curriculum Development Cell can do a follow up by conducting an exit evaluation at the end of a semester. Based on the feedback, modifications can be made,” Dr. Karpaga Kumaravel said.

According to him, a sample population of students from rural/urban areas in Government, aided, self-financing and constituent colleges of the university will be taken for evaluation.

The Vice-Chancellor’s observation came in reply to a discussion initiated by K. Subburaj, Academic Council member, who said that the MKU too must follow the University of Madras where a high-level committee was being constituted to monitor smooth implementation of CBCS. After a brief debate on how to avoid hiccups in implementation, the house passed the syllabus for all courses.

Dr. Karpaga Kumaravel also assured the Academic Council that a common question paper pattern would be developed by the university and sent to colleges. A couple of workshops would be organised on curriculum implementation to sensitise teachers, he said.