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Varsity adopts cluster college concept

Staff Reporter

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Moving forward: Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi.

TIRUCHI: Bharathidasan University has decided to promote a cluster approach among colleges affiliated to it. The programme aims at promoting a set of clusters in each revenue district for sharing the infrastructure.

Colleges in each cluster would be able to make optimum utilisation of available resources within their periphery, said M. Ponnavaikko, Vice-Chancellor.

Presiding over a meeting of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs on Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor said that the university had nominated co-ordinators for promoting the concept among affiliated colleges in the central districts.

Finding that there were little takers for the basic sciences, particularly Botany, Physics, and Zoology, the Vice-Chancellor said that efforts should be taken to make the syllabi more attractive.

“The Board of Studies should focus on this issue and evolve a strategy,” he said.

The Vice-Chancellor advised the members of the committee to introduce practical tests for relevant courses at the end of every semester, instead of annual tests.

Syllabi for the future

Dr. Ponnavaikko appealed to the members of the Committee to ensure that the syllabi not only improved the academic skills of students, but also imbibed in them a sense of confidence about their future prospects, especially with regard to employability.

The university, he said, wanted to ensure immediate placement to students on completion of higher education.

Registrar Ramasamy and Controller of Examinations K. Raja were present at the meeting.

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