Polytech syllabus to be revised

Source:
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/polytech-syllabus-to-be-revised/articleshow/72408049.cms

 To prepare students for the competitive world, the Department of Technical Education (DTE) has decided to revise the diploma textbooks for the polytechnic students, in State colleges. The department credited the new changes to changing times and to help make the students industr y-ready.

Recently, the DTE wrote to the Department of Higher Education seeking permission to revise the textbooks. The textbooks were last revised in the 2015.

Once the department gives a nod, the technical education department will go ahead with the revision,which will to be adopted for the 2020-2021 academic year. According to the statistics there are over 82 State-run polytechnic colleges, 44 aided, and 174 unaided polytechnic colleges in the State.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recently released a model curriculum for nine courses, which the universities could adopt. The AICTE has also stressed on all engineering curriculum being adept for industry needs. The DTE is also set to adopt these recommended.

We are planning to rope in people from the industry for their inputs to help design the new syllabus which is industry relevant.

The DTE confirmed involving industry experts in the revision committee. “We are planning to rope in people from the industry for their inputs to help design the new syllabus which is industry relevant,” said an official.

Officials also said that the textbook will be revised with certain concepts getting dropped and new, industry-relevant topics added.

The department has also decided that every three to five years, the curriculum will undergo revision to ensure that it meets the demands of the industry requirements.