BHUBANESWAR: Next year onwards, faculty members of engineering colleges in the State will have to undergo a six-month training programme to understand new-age training techniques. Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Anil D Sahasrabudhe, who was in the city on Tuesday for a workshop, said the Council is devising a six-month pedagogical training module for the faculty members which will be made compulsory for faculty members from next year.
He said these days, students have short attention span which is why they are unable to focus during the regular training camps where the teachers just talk and give notes.
“The faculty members will be educated on ways to engage the students through videos and discussions. They must understand to solve the problems of the students,” said Sahasrabudhe, adding that all existing faculty members will have to undergo the training to get a promotion. He further added that all the technical universities in the State have been directed to revise the curriculum every year.
Around 80 per cent of the curriculum can be in terms with AICTE and the rest can be in accordance with the local needs. The AICTE Chairman urged students to use the Council’s Swayam portal that offers 700 engineering courses which are being provided by best faculty members of elite engineering institutions and IITs.
AICTE in collaboration with the Indo-European Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (IECSME) organised the workshop where the roadmap for creating entrepreneurship and employment opportunities in 29 subjects of Panchayati Raj in the villages adopted by MPs under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, was held.
On the occasion, actress Barsha Priyadarshini was declared as brand ambassador of Clean Campus initiative, while Archita Sahu was made as the face of Startup India in the State.