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CAMPUS JOTTINGS

Credit system of evaluation at AU campus jottings

G. NARASIMHA RAO

Students of Andhra University’s arts and science colleges are most likely to get assessed in a new method. Vice-Chancellor L. Venugopal Reddy has asked all the Boards of Studies of these colleges to discuss the introduction of credit system from the ensuing academic year. AU College of Engineering has already implemented the credit system.

The BoS will meet in June last week to finalise the credit system. Prof. Reddy reportedly wants this covert to this system from the present system of awarding first, second or third class to a student basing on the marks scored by him or her, to get compatible with the US universities as AU has entered into many MoUs with foreign institutions while many more MoUs are in the offing.

Broadly for the student, he or she has to compulsorily attend all classes as credits scored in attendance are added to the marks obtained in theory paper. The teachers feel that this system will reduce the workload and one could pay more attention to the subject being taught. On the other hand, recruitment of faculty will be less.

It has to be seen how the students react to the new system once the campus reopens after summer vacation.

Admission into various courses in campus colleges, PG Centres and affiliated PG colleges commenced on Sunday, based on the ranks obtained by the candidates in the AU Common Entrance Test 2007. Some courses have heavy demand while there are very few takers for some other courses.

Strong indications from the State Government that the age of superannuation for university teachers in the State will be increased by two years boosted the spirits of AU teachers. This is a long-pending demand and many feel that the Government will take a positive decision this time.

Some teachers who are on the verge of retirement (as they are completing 60 years) are reportedly moving the courts to get a stay so that they will be in service when the State Government is expected to issue the order in a few months. Some teachers have done so a few years ago when there was an indication that the age of retirement would be increased. Such teachers continued in the service and were also paid.

The AU New Gandhian Studies Centre organised a one-week summer course on the Gandhian thought. The valedictory function of the course was held on Saturday with Principal of AU College of Arts and Commerce J.V. Prabhakara Rao as chief guest. Such programmes would help the people, particularly the younger generation, not to forget Gandhiji and his ideals.

He wanted a way to be found to make the younger generation adopt the Gandhian thought without diluting its core values.

Programme Co-ordinator A.B.S.V. Ranga Rao said the course had attracted participants in different age groups, the youngest was 12 years old and the oldest was 69 years old and there were participants studying eighth standard to M.Tech and doing Ph.D.

Participants Ommi Appa Rao, Janaki Rao and Danubha shared their experiences. Gandhians S. Gopala Sastry, G.V.S.N. Sarma, and Prof. Sudhakara Rao participated. G.V. Subrahmanyam exhibited a collection of stamps released by several countries on Gandhiji.

Andhra University paid rich tributes to one of its former Vice-Chancellors Lankapalli Bullayya on his 15th death anniversary on Thursday.

Prof. Venugopal Reddy garlanded Bullayya’s bust in the School of Distance Education and recalled the services the former Vice-Chancellor rendered to the university during his tenure from 1968 to 1974. Rector B. Satyanarayana and others were pres ent.

Summer camps for children are held generally in painting, drawing, crafts, etc., but the Andhra University schools have conducted the camps in a different manner. It was in sculpture and painting and the children participated with enthusiasm and interest.

They have done clay modelling, embossing works, glass painting etc. An exhibition of these works was also held at the AU English Medium School.

Telecom is one of the fast expanding and lucrative sectors and the Gayatri Vidya Parishad is starting a Centre for Telecom Systems Management understanding the need to provide higher levels of awareness and operating skills for engineering graduates on telecom systems based on new technologies.

The students will have ample on-hands training on the state of the art telecom systems of existing and emerging telecom technologies. The Centre will be established at the GVP Degree College premises in MVP Colony.

The training will have three modules consisting of switching systems and optical fibre cable systems, optical fibre SDH transmission systems and CDMA/GSM BTS systems.

Each module is of four-week duration. The course commences from June 7 and the college can be contacted for details (telephone 2783718, email: gvpctsm@rediffmail.com or website www.gvpcoeedu.org, according to GVP secretary P. Soma Raju.

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