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MANGALORE, FEB. 21. A majority of colleges affiliated to Mangalore University and offering Master of Social Work (MSW) courses are not adhering to the rules laid down by the University Grants Commission or the university, Jogan Shankar, Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, has said. The university will take a serious view of this, he said. Dr. Shankar was inaugurating a seminar on "Challenges in the restructuring of social work programme" organised by Dr. M.V. Shetty College of Social Work here on Monday. He said institutions are not following rules in the appointment of lecturers based on their qualification. He said institutions offering the course are worried more about money than quality of teaching. "Not many staff in these institutions do research. Most of them are burdened with regular academic duties and fieldwork supervision. Managements must encourage their staff to do research," he said. About redrafting of syllabus of social work courses, Dr. Shankar said: "One should take a holistic view of the requirements. We cannot restructure the syllabus for postgraduate courses ignoring the undergraduate courses. Care should be taken to deal with diploma and higher research programmes as well," he said. He said the department has an open mind on framing syllabus for social work courses. He urged them to think about goals and objectives of providing social work courses while focussing on evolving standards for the course. "We must set our own standards, review and modify it every year," he said. About the syllabus for social work course not being modified for 15 years, Dr. Shankar said the department has prepared a draft syllabus. There is confusion about the nature of generic, specialisation and super-specialisation components of the course. The department welcomes comments and inputs from teachers and students. Dr. Shankar said students opting for MSW preferred to opt for personnel management as an area of specialisation. Very few applying for a post-graduate course are exposed to social work and not many who complete their undergraduate course in social work do higher studies, he said. The department has plans to bring about a more progressive curriculum for MSW. Students of social work should be exposed to social realities emerging in the global context and not confine themselves to a certain area, he said. M. Ramgopal Shetty, secretary of Dr. M.V. Shetty Memorial Trust, who presided over the function, said it is essential that the course content is in tune with the changing scenario. The two-day seminar will discuss challenges in restructuring the syllabus and come up with viable and practical solutions to the problems. S. Shivaram Shetty, administrative officer (academic) of the trust, felicitated the resource persons, Janaki Andharia and Amita Bhide, both faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Suresh Kumar, Principal of the college, welcomed the gathering. Suma S. Rai, vice-principal of the college, proposed a vote of thanks.
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