My take is:
- Along with the new formula teacher:students ratio 1:20, we need to initiate other changes like for FE/SE practical batch size be 1:22, for tutorial 1:30, for TE and BE batch size is 1:20 and for project UG project batch size is 1:15, max. 5 students can take one project, i.e. number of projects to be supervised by a teacher falls in the range 3-15.
- Because digitization, flipped classrooms and ICT tools, no program be more than 20 hours/week. We need to note that under CBCS or Credit System weightage of credit is assigned to exam. marks scored. In fact, many avail this facility with attendance as low as zero percent.
- AICTE has specified as early as 2000 AD teaching load norms for faculty as 14 credits/week average with one theory hour one credit and two theory hours as one credit. In fact this formula was used upto 1986 or so and then we are assuming one hour of practical as one credit.
- The provision for Adjunct Faculty (20%) of total faculty is provided since a couple of years. But we need provide some guidelines, e.g., while recruiting faculty, Adjunct Faculty is hardly considered. It is better that 20% faculty is maintained as Adjunct Faculty and 80% to be recruited accordingly as per roaster.
- Digital technology will prove of great help to meet the challenges of massification of education with quality.
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From: "Prof. Bholanath Dutta"
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Subject: [MTC Global] AICTE for 1:20 teacher-student ratio
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is considering changing the teacher-student ratio in engineering colleges to 1:20, its chairman Anil D. Sahasrabudhe has said.
'Fall in quality'
Adjunct faculty
Last year, the AICTE had allowed colleges to have 80% regular faculty and the rest adjunct faculty so that experienced people from industry and academics would come in to supplement efforts of the regular faculty.
Now, it was considering making the ratio 1:20 plus adjunct faculty.
He said the AICTE would allow sharing of the same workspace as long as the number of classrooms for different programmes was met and there was no problem in adjusting the timetable. In case of no students for any discipline, colleges should close that and opt for some other discipline for which there was more demand.
About the possibility of a single entrance examination on the NEET model for engineering, Prof. Sahasrabudhe said it would help improve the quality of input into colleges.
During discussions with stakeholders it had emerged that some States had not even revised their curriculum. Besides curriculum revision before introducing the single entrance examination, the government suggested understanding the NEET experience before venturing any further, Prof. Sahasrabudhe said.
On apprehensions about the proposed higher education empowerment regulation agency (HEERA), he said the AICTE had no role in it, and it was up to the Union Cabinet, the NITI Aayog, and Parliament to decide on it. HEERA, he said, was in a nascent stage, and all check and balances would be in place before it was introduced.
He said all questions would be made compulsory and focus would be on problem-solving. The AICTE would release the model question papers in the public domain.
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Mr. Sahasrabudhe was speaking at an interactive session on 'Technical education in Kerala – challenges and solutions' organised by the Kerala Self-Finance Engineering College Managements' Association and Vijnana Bharati here on Thursday.'Fall in quality'
Mr. Sahasrabudhe said the increase in colleges and enrolment had led to a fall in quality.
One of the suggestions to address the issue was to change the teacher-student ratio from 1:15 to 1:20.Adjunct faculty
Last year, the AICTE had allowed colleges to have 80% regular faculty and the rest adjunct faculty so that experienced people from industry and academics would come in to supplement efforts of the regular faculty.
Now, it was considering making the ratio 1:20 plus adjunct faculty.
He said the AICTE would allow sharing of the same workspace as long as the number of classrooms for different programmes was met and there was no problem in adjusting the timetable. In case of no students for any discipline, colleges should close that and opt for some other discipline for which there was more demand.
About the possibility of a single entrance examination on the NEET model for engineering, Prof. Sahasrabudhe said it would help improve the quality of input into colleges.
During discussions with stakeholders it had emerged that some States had not even revised their curriculum. Besides curriculum revision before introducing the single entrance examination, the government suggested understanding the NEET experience before venturing any further, Prof. Sahasrabudhe said.
On apprehensions about the proposed higher education empowerment regulation agency (HEERA), he said the AICTE had no role in it, and it was up to the Union Cabinet, the NITI Aayog, and Parliament to decide on it. HEERA, he said, was in a nascent stage, and all check and balances would be in place before it was introduced.
He said all questions would be made compulsory and focus would be on problem-solving. The AICTE would release the model question papers in the public domain.
Source: TOI
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