Is everthing OK with Engg.?

Last week, I went thro’ the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University’s ECE syllabus. I was surprised to see that they had no physics, chemistry subjects at all. But in AU-Chennai, students have physics and chemistry for one complete year, while in AU-Trichy these subjects are split into two for 2 semesters of 1st year. I saw only ECE syllabus and I’m saying based on that. If you could see for other branches, please tell me how they are framed. In JNTU, from the 1st year itself students study their core subjects, which is not with the case of AU-students. Students of ECE, IT, CSE etc, study Basic Mechanical Engg. I don’t know what use it will be of.

Of course, the subjects were interesting but in AU-T there are more irrelevant subjects for ECE, IT, CSE students. There were only 2 computer subjects DCF (Digital computer Fundamentals) and computer lab (involving MS-Office and C language). However, Mech, Chem, Auto and civil and such students were very lucky as engg phy., engg che., BE(Mech and Civil) had relevant topics. If syllabi were framed for each branch it would have been nice. Now they (AU-T) have changed the syllabus again. The changes may be small or large. But, what is the need for change in syllabus just after one year? The first batch students of any Institution or Univ. are hardly lucky. This has been proved again. One good thing with AU-T is that sem. pattern in 1st year was very helpful.

I heard that in Kerala, Karnataka and other states, tuition fees for professional courses especially for engg. is very high. Tamil Nadu is proud that the tuition fees are very low when compared with many other states. But the standard of teaching is low in engg. colleges located in villages. Well-qualified lecturers are very low in number. Newcomers handle the classes with awkward grammatical errors, less understanding of the subject etc. Some lecturers prepare for the classes only after coming to the college. To stop this, Univ. authorities should inspect the colleges suddenly.

How about your Inst./Collg./Univ.? What do you think about the educational situation of India compared with other countries? Post your comments or mail to me at xnelson@rocketmail.com.

Bye, Good day.