Make the curriculum Dynamic not Dogmatic: Curriculum or program for students of our country in higher education (mostly engineering schools) is exceeded in most cases. It's old, dogmatic and teaches things that the world has changed. To infuse dynamism, it is necessary that the program is progressive in nature. People should be able to do more courses in the first year and the possibility to choose what they want, after the first semester or year. The spirit of the curriculum review should be driven not driven projects should focus on innovation and change should not remain stagnant. Tests to be there to measure, but must be supplemented with incentives for innovation (eg, final exams is 50% and projects should be 50%). Projects should have independent people who consider not only the ability of the students had also should have the opportunity to switch to other currents, or if they feel that justify the basic criteria. When I think of rivers, practically speaking, it should be very easy in engineering and a little more difficult to pass for saying during a trade (this is assuming that it is a full-fledged university with all these courses ). For what can happen, you need young and dynamic teachers based on the stage university course, this is where the next number appears.

Make the Teachers feel worthy, pay them more: The Board university course, in most cases are filled with people in their 60s and 70s. With all respect due to them, I firmly believe that you need a group of young teachers out there to get the mix of experience and youth in the system. Young people will be more in tune, more in line with technological changes and the new age needs of the students in their future. The fact is that most young teachers are either excluded (IT Factory), or do this work because they have better things to do. Very few young people are actually in the class for the love of teaching. The point is very simple, they are paid Pittens compared with the rest. An examination of students earn more in a software company than a teacher assistant or even a server in some secondary schools (despite the increase in 6th pay commission, which covers only public colleges). When you begin to pay more, you get the quality of the teaching staff, is to convince people that really want to teach and people who are worth the caliber of teaching. Then, you have a scenario where you have the qualities of young people themselves can be administered over 60 councils and 70 CV a run for their money, and there would be no excuses. So, where do you enter?

Make the Private Institutes for profit, not non-profit: This might sound like a ludicrous suggestion but if you think about it, it might make some sense. We all know that private colleges make money and they are run as large businesses. The solution, I feel, lies in making them take away the non profit status and make them competitive. Make them under direct competition with each other so that they can get fight it out openly rather that doing so under the carpet. We cant follow the English education system and yet sit in our holy grail of non profit, can we? Education is a business in some form, the more we hide behind it, and the more corruption would step in. If Educational institutes are using this business to improve their system, then let them do it, that’s how world class universities abroad work and that’s how we should work if we follow the colonial system. The best way forward is to make them “for” profit, taxable and it would increase capital for them as well as increase transparency for us.

Industry Interaction a Placement Obligation: One of the key pillars in growth in education is the level of industry interaction with the students. Companies should be sought out for such interactions, if they don’t agree to it, then the universities should use their advantage. When companies come for placements, there should be a basic qualification criteria for their eligibility for the placements. For example, they should have contributed investment worth 2 to 4 lakhs (just example, this can vary up or down) in R and D with the university to be eligible to come to placement. Most of the companies would fall in line automatically since for them human capital is much more important than these meager sums of money. You think any IT company would care about a few lakhs when they are recruiting 600 to 1000 people? When you provide so much human(s) capital you think they would ignore it? Not a chance, this would make the university utilize its human potential to the hilt and also enhance its industry interaction numbers significantly. Eventually, this investment would enhance the learning experience of the student and make him want to give back to the institutes more once that person graduates

Use the power of the Alumni: One of the most underrated potentials in Indian education system is the power of the Alumni. Barring the IIT’s and few other top institutes, the concept of Alumni networking is nonexistent. In an era where every Indian graduating is earning somewhere, alumni networks need to be very well intertwined with the university affairs. Alumni are very eager to give; just that a) they don’t know who to give b) they are worried about where the money would go. Once you establish a credible network which is transparent, it would give the avenue as well as the confidence for the alumni to contribute in terms of money or academic expertise

All of the above are just mere suggestions to tackle system that has numerous issues. These suggestions might not break the deadlock or create a revolution by any means but it can be something that can be incorporated. These suggestions might not be relevant to some. These suggestions might also sound farfetched but if it at least one of them adds value somewhere to the education system, then it’s worth it

Source: [DNA India]