Karnataka’s higher education vision – some initial glimpses
January 14th, 2010
Following are excerpts from this news item.
- … general universities should be set up in all districts of the state. There are, at present, nine such universities in the state. The aim is to have one general university in each district, or one university for every 100 colleges. This means that ideally, there should be at least 22 such universities in the state’s 29 districts.
- Another important vision of the council is to make the universities and colleges work round-the-clock as learning centres.
“At present, colleges are isolated units, active only in a limited period. It is necessary to make them work round-the-clock, through the year, as learning centres. We would also like to grant greater autonomy to more colleges,”
Following are excerpts from this news item:
- Have you thought of studying Biology with Hitory or Physics with Economics? Have you thought of taking a break from the regular confined course to take a break at any point of time and continue whenever you want? Wouldn’t it help if you had a choice on choosing when to write your exams? How would you feel if you had a choice of changing the University within the State in the middle of your course? Students from Karnataka can expect their dreams come true.
- … students can change a subject midstream — from Arts or Science or Commerce — instead of going through the fixed combination. They can change, not only the subject combination, but also the university. This concept is based on the Cross Learning System in Universities in US and Europe.
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1. Abhisek | January 16th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Only some Qns
What is the number of pvt engineering colleges a state like Orissa should have? Will a cap on the number be counter-productive? Can the state Govt. have some say in the location of pvt engineering colleges(i.e., the cap not to be applicable in certain districts say Kandhamal or Keonjhar)?
Which type of University is better for maintaining quality in higher education? (Unitary or General)
What role and jurisdiction the professional Universties should have? Can they themselves admit students and impart teaching than just issuing certificates? Afterall what purpose does the University (Ex BPUT) serve, when it doesn’t have any character of a conventional University?