New Delhi: Has the teacher covered the entire
syllabus? How effective was the teacher in communicating the content?
What about the pace at which it was being taught? These are among the
parameters on which students of nearly 10,400 engineering colleges
will rate their teachers from the academic year 2019-20,
said an official. The All India Council for Technical Education has chalked out
a detailed mechanism to assess the performance of a teacher.
Apart
from student feedback, other factors to be used to grade a teacher are
departmental activities, institute activities, annual confidential report as
well as contribution to society.
“We
have come up with a new system which focuses on how much work of the teacher is
of relevance to the students as well as the society. Earlier, there was a lot
of focus on the number of publications etc. However, there is now a concerted
effort to make the evaluation of teachers in technical institutions more
broadbased,” said AICTE vice-chairman MP Poonia.
Teaching
and student feedback have been allotted 25 marks while teachers can get a
maximum of 20 points for departmental activity, 10 each for institute activity,
ACR and contribution to society. Overall, teachers will be rated on a 100-point
scale.
Two
notifications have already been issued by AICTE in this regard, Poonia said.
The norms related to student feedback will practically kick in from the
academic session 2022-23 as teachers will be assessed on their performance
based on a threeyear period, Poonia said.
Inder
Mohan Kapahy, a former UGC member said: “Any 360-degree evaluation of an
academic process is always welcome. There should be a comprehensive evaluation
of the course content, exam and assessment patterns. The aim should be to
encourage academic improvement.”
