1. INITIATIVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
DR. DIPAK KR. KAR
PRINCIPAL
ASUTOSH COLLEGE
92, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road Kolkata , West Bengal, India PIN
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Presented By
Prof. Gautam Mahapatra
Associated Professor in Comp. Sc., Head, Dept. of Comp. Sc. (PG & UG Section), Asutosh College
Dr. Madhusudan Banerjee
Associated Professor in Industrial Chemistry, Coordinator, B.Voc. & Community College Scheme, Asutosh College
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Objective
► Education makes human able to visualize the universe like a mirror.
► School education is essential like our nutrients & oxygen, but higher education should be more objective.
► Higher education policy is to be framed in a country keeping in mind
The demand of the nation
 The direction of progress of human civilization
The global socio-economic changes with time
The optimum utilization of natural resources
To acquire knowledge for new inventions and discoveries.
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Present Status
►‘Primary education for all’ campaign has gained momentum and free education at secondary and higher secondary level is being practiced for several decades - these are the encouraging features of our society.
► Recent provision of Right to Education (RTE) Act for free and compulsory education to children will strengthen the process.
► But the education in general courses at graduate and post-graduate level is aimless in our system without any definite goal for the taught vis-à-vis the nation.
► More attention is needed for education policy to be reformed to make higher education in general courses meaningful with a goal.
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4. Societal Requirements
►Though the basic purpose of education is to enlighten the society with all the facts and figures around us, but it must also cater to the needs of the society.
► Education in general courses should not always be oriented to the generation of teachers/secretaries/officers/clerks only, must be aimed also in designing the persons for other spheres.
► The society demands one, but the institutes produce another, making the process less fruitful.
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► The course curriculum needs to be more skill oriented at the higher education level keeping in mind the societal requirements.
► The vast human resource engaged in education of general courses at graduate level is actually being transformed mostly into useless ‘knowledge-bin’, not utilized for national growth.
►Establishment of Community College / Extension of potential departments of the existing college for the purpose may be explored.
► In everyday life we are deficient of professionals whom we actually need, though the society is being ornamented with graduates, post-graduates and even doctorates.
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1991
Establishment of Asutosh College Training Center (ACTC / Annex Building) in the eve of Platinum Jubilee Year Celebration
1992
DOEACC approved Computer Training at ACTC Building (PPP Model)
1994
CU Approved 3-Yrs. B. Sc. (Voc.) Course on Industrial Fish and Fisheries under the Dept of Zoology
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1996
Establishment of the Dept of Computer Science with the CU Approved 3-Years B.Sc. (Gen.) Course on Computer Science
2001
CU Approved 3-Yrs. B. Sc. (Hon.) Course on Computer Science
2002
Establishment of BBA Dept and introduction of CU Approved 3-Yrs. BBA(Hon.) Course
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2003
CU affiliated 3Yrs B.A. Degree Courses:
Communicative English (Voc./Major)
Journalism and Mass Communications (Hons.)
2010
WBSCTE Approved Diploma course on Safety Engineering and Management (Min. Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Sc.(Hons. / Gen.) / Diploma Engg. / Tech.)
Diploma and Certificate course on Export- Import Management (PPP Model)
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2013
UGC Approved Add-on Courses : (1) Hospital Waste Disposal Management, (2) Industrial Chemistry, and (3) Travel & Tourism
2014
UGC Approved Community College Scheme for Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses on (1) Software Development, (2) Mobile Communication
UGC Approved and CU affiliated 3Yrs B. Voc. Degree Courses on (1) Software Development, (2) Industrial Aquaculture and Fisheries
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Major Challenges
► Motivations
►Socio-Economic Status
►Recognition
►Integrations / Interdisciplinary
►Availability Formal Expertise
►Infrastructure
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THANK YOU
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