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Engineering: The Great Betrayal Of A Revered Discipline
Removing mathematics, physics and chemistry as a basic pre-condition for an engineering course is a short-sighted measure that dilutes and erodes the discipline. outlookindia.com 2021-04-19T07:53:42+05:30
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The great Indian obsession with engineering has finally pushed the field into a deep crisis.
It is now known to all that according to the new norms released by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), mathematics and physics are no longer mandatory subjects in Class 12 for prospective engineering students. This follows the 2010 AICTE recommendation to make chemistry optional for such students.
Who Gets More College, And Who Gets Less?
For all its good intentions, the NEP’s multiple-entry options for college will only further deepen the sharp education apartheid that defines our nation. outlookindia.com 2021-02-10T07:52:02+05:30
Very soon, you’ll be able to enter and exit college at will!
The National Education Policy 2020 has introduced its “Multiple Entry and Exit” policy, with which a student can enter and exit college at multiple points, with appropriate credits stored in the very instrumentally titled ABC, or Academic Bank of Credit. Even if you begin at the beginning, they can graduate college at the end of 1 year with a “certificate”, at the end of two years with a “diploma”, at the end of three years with a “bachelors” – though the option best “recommended” by the NEP remains the four-year multidisciplinary program with a research component.