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The All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) is taking steps to revamp the curriculum of
pharmacy courses throughout the country in order to improve the quality of
education and to meet the demands of the industry by increasing job
opportunities for pharmacy graduates.
The technical council actually plans to change the existing syllabuses of the diploma, degree and post-graduate courses in pharmacy (D Pharm, B Pharm and M Pharm) considering the requirements of the industry, it is learnt. Sources from AICTE said this attempt of the council will be in coordination with the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and the syllabus will be published after joint meeting and discussion with PCI. The All India Board of Pharmaceutical Education, a statutory body under AICTE to look after pharmacy education, has been asked to frame the syllabus. The Board is gearing up to finish the curriculum-work in the next three months. Briefing Pharmabiz about the progress of the curriculum renewal, Dr. Shrenik K Shaw, coordinator of the pharmacy education syllabus committee, said the Board is planning to publish a ‘model syllabus’ (course of curriculum) which can be adapted by the universities by adding up their own part for putting into effect. AICTE will publish the new syllabus in the first week of July, 2018. The existing syllabuses for B Pharm and M Pharm were published by the PCI in 2016. For the diploma course, all institutions in the country are following the Education Regulations-91 framed by the PCI. According to sources, the new syllabus will be updating with developments happening in the pharma sector globally and focusing on the needs of the industry, healthcare centres, research organizations, clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. However, the universities can frame their own syllabus by absorbing a certain percent of the course of curriculum prepared by the AICTE. Dr. Shrenik Shaw said it is not mandatory that all the universities in the country should follow the syllabus being framed by the technical council as it is. But, he hopes that most of the universities, both government and private, will absorb at least 60 per cent of the syllabus. He said the syllabus is framed by experts from academic and other areas.
“According to regional
requirements, the universities can add their own part in the syllabus. AICTE
will coordinate with the PCI for bringing out the syllabus and it is for the
benefit of the students. Both the councils will come up with a mutually
agreeable syllabus. We are busy preparing to bring it out in July,” he said.
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