Best Practices : Higher Education

Sandeep Sharma, Joint CEO, SCOPE& OSD (Commissionerate of Higher Education)

Education Department, Govt. of Gujarat

October 4, 2016

Challenges• 500 million skilled manpower

requirement at national level by 2022• No uniformity of courses in universities• No/meager industry interaction• Not enough practical sessions – less than

50% • Not enough training • Not enough material – computers in

schools but no content• Non relevant /outdated /out of context

courses

Upskilling and Skill Development through quality education

Core principles• Accountability• Access• Affordability• Decency• Efficiency• Fairness• Local language• Local context• Participation• Reciprocity• Transparency

The policy interventions in the higher education sector in Gujarat :

• Strengthening Communication

• Curriculum Related Issues• ICT in Education• Faculty Quality• Employability and

relevance to society• Equity and Access• Systemic Climate or

educational ecosystem• Evaluation and Research

output

Active Learning Methodology• Passive Classroom into Active Classroom • Project and Task-based Learning• Student involvement in classroom through active

participation • Generate involvement and active engagement in

education• Greater emphasis on developing students skills• Get students involved in higher order thinking

(HOTS)

21st century skills

• Subject skills• IT skills

– Equation : IT + IT = IT• Soft skills (particularly language

skills) • Life coping skills (Time Management,

Stress Management, PD etc.)• Analytical skills

Skill and domain-specific universities

• New Universities like – Lakulish Yog University – Gujarat National Law

University (GNLU) - 2003 – Pandit Deendayal

Petroleum University (PDPU)-2007

– Gujarat State Forensic University – 2008

– Children’s University - 2009– Raksha Shakti University –

2009– Kamdhenu University– Sports University– GEIC– Sanskrit University

Mission Mode Implementation (MMI)Quality Enhancement Programme through Cascade Model for

Higher Education

State Level

Zone Level

HED Level

Cluster Level

State CoordinatorSRG

State Resource Group

Grass Root Level

Zonal CoordinatorZRG

Zonal Resource Group

HED CoordinatorHEDRG

Higher Education District Resource Group

Cluster CoordinatorCRG

Cluster Resource Group

Principal & Teachers+ Students

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Funding• RUSA

– Various Components – Obtain full funding and utilise – Obtain UCs periodicially– BHUVAN App– PFMS

• UGC– Section 2(f), 12 (B) – Major/minor research proposal

• State govt. funding– Budget– Developing infrastructure

• PMMY – Launched in April, 2015– Non-farmer business, trade, service and

manufacturing activities – Promoting entrepreneurship

CBCS : Choice Based Credit System

• A structured education system having enough room for flexibility

• A system that offers choice of selection• Learner centric education with room for flexibility

within a standard framework• Credit portability across the Regional/National

institutes• Interdisciplinary / Vocational / Skill based Elective

Courses• Project based / Activity based learning• Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation• Evaluation in terms of Grades• Interaction of Co-Curricular / Extracurricular /

Extension activities within the curriculum.

SAPTADHARA – Holistic Development

• The ultimate aim of SAPTADHARA mission is to make our students enable to experience the joy of aesthetic pleasure and to learn from our great traditions of knowledge by way of taking up activities of SAPTADHARA which includes – GYAN DHARA (Activities related to Knowledge)

– SARJNATMAK ABHIVYAKTI DHARA (Activities related to Creative Expression)

– KALA KAUSHALYA DHARA (Activities related to fine arts)

– NATYA DHARA (Activities related to drama & theatre)

– GIT-SANGIT NRUTYA DHARA (Activities related to Music and Dance)

– VYAYAM YOG KHEL-KUD DHARA (Activities related to Exercise, YOGA & Sports)

– SAMUDAYIK SEVA DHARA (Activities related to Community/Social services).

Research and Innovations• What:

– To strengthen Higher Education with the help of Research and Innovations

• Why:– Increasing demand for strengthening research capabilities

• How: – To promote a culture of research in institutions of higher

education– To provide support to teachers for strengthening their research

base• Preparing research proposals • Different skills, attitude and knowledge of research• Awareness of funding sources, schemes and trends

– To promote publication of journals– To provide support to institutions

• IPR

Using technology : Solution to paucity of faculty and non-accessability• What

– Can not replace a teacher but amplify teaching – All Gujarat Integrated Classroom, – ICT enabled quality teaching to students through

the telecast of lectures and panel discussions by distinguished faculties from the State and outside.

– an extensive platform for the use of Audio-Visual tools for the telecast of lectures in an innovative and interesting manner.

– To c - ompliment the teaching learning process – To train the -teachers in the preparation of e content

• How– SANDHAN, a programme covering 900+ colleges. – DVDs of lectures for circulation in colleges. – Task Force at various levels. – State level coordinators to select experts for each

subject.

ICT in Administration and Education• Building Capabilities of faculties of institutions of higher

education in the state by integrating ICT in their role of creating and dissemination of knowledge and also to equip them in their respective knowledge domain.

• Aims – To improve proficiency in ICT skills.– To develop ICT-based teaching learning tools including

multimedia, web based tools and e content– E-books & e-journals for teaching and research purposes

with internet specially for knowledge management– E-Library (SOUL)– Inflibnet – N-LIST (6000+ e-journals, 1,35,000 e-books)– E-attendance– Social media presence

Use of ICT : a powerful tool• Online Admission integrated with payment

gateway• Online test generation• Online examination• ODOLE• NMEICT• CBT (Computer Based Tests), Adaptive tests• E-Content and Curriculum Development Cell• MOOC• OBE, OBTL ; LOOC

• NPTEL - an initiative of 7 IITs and IISc, 1000+ live courses, 500 videos, 121 NOCs, GATE preparation

• IIT-B spoken tutorials - A set of video tutorials to promote open source; certification by IIT-Bombay; Absolutely FREE

Placement OpportunitiesHow

– Establishment of an UDISHA Club in every college ( Principal+ Teacher In charge + 6 students)

– Creation of students Database through registration of students

– Conducting Aptitude Tests and identifying the areas/skills in which students require special training

– Providing Training to students - Soft Skills, especially Communication skills, Computer Literacy & even Self confidence to meet the expectations and needs of the market

– Conducting regular Career Counseling to ensure awareness of available career opportunities and to help students in making the right career choices.

– To collaborate with Industry and facilitate placement fairs ( State, District & College level) and provide better job opportunities to the students of Higher Education & support nation building.

– NTM

Documentation

• The first sign of a structured and disciplined institution• Annual Report of colleges :

– How to monitor the activities and performance of a college?

– How to prepare an annual report which could also help in accreditation and other reports required for various grants

• DPR• SSR• Self Appraisal• APIs

Accreditation (NAAC, AAA, NBA)

• Are our institutions ready for accreditation ?• Is it due ? LoI submitted? Process started?• Have institutions set up IQAC and following

guidelines ?• Accreditation and Audit system that enables

mentoring more than monitoring• These scores/grades as a useful tool to evaluate the

performance of the institution, identify the areas for special focus and improvement thus enabling Institutional Capability Building

Leveraging on English language• Enhancing language proficiency in schools

and colleges• Focus on functional English• Local context but global aim• Compete globally• Standardisation and international tests• Special English Zone (SEnZ) in colleges• Self Confidence• Research – trend analysis• Publications• Cambridge English network of teachers

Points to ponder• Alumni Network • Multiversity – a buffet of courses• HEF – Creating a global platform to share,

collaborate and partner in various initiatives towards transforming the map of higher education in India and elsewhere; emphasis on skills, research, innovation, knowledge-applications

• Internships for students of general academic streams; wider interface with industries; mapping of skills with local geographical conditions

• Continuous faculty development prorgrammes – Pedagogy and Andragogy; connecting them to forums; pooling of best practices; ITS

• Unlearning and Life-long, life-wide and life-deep learning

• Green technologies in campuses

Road Ahead• Academically rich, highly flexible

learning system with online on-demand option

• Focus not on ‘Teaching’ but on ‘Creating a Learning Environment’

• Option of slow, normal or accelerated learning

• Accreditation• Acquisition of additional skills • National integration of Knowledge

through NKN, NTM• Transition from Knowledge Absorbing

Society to Knowledge Generating Society• Hopes from the new Education Policy

Important links

www.gujarat-education.gov.inwww.kcg.gujarat.gov.inwww.scopegujarat.orgwww.granthnirman.comwww.iite.ac.inwww.geic.ac.inwww.university4children.comGooglegroup :

http://groups.google.com/group/scopegujaratGroup email address :

scopegujarat@googlegroups.comFacebook page :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-for-Creation-of-Opportunity-through-Proficiency-in-English-SCOPE/121569977928783

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