Dimapur, June 27 (MExN): The Principal’s Conference on the theme “Academic Reforms” for the Principal’s of Colleges affiliated to the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong was held on June 24 in the conference hall, Administrative Building, NEHU, permanent campus. The conference was attended by forty-seven College Principals.
The inaugural function was chaired by Vice-Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong Prof. A.N. Rai. In his keynote address Prof. A. N. Rai said that the purpose of the conference is not to take decisions on the academic reforms as this is already done at the national level, but to orient the debate on its implementation, considering the constraints faced by the Colleges. He stressed on the decline in the standards of the education system, a result of the increase in population and massive expansion of the educational institutions, thereby putting the quality of education which is already under stress into further stress. In order to stop this backsliding and move forward to regain the quality, there is a need to optimize and to utilize to the utmost of whatever resources an educational institution has. He assured that the University being a regulatory body will assist the Colleges in this endeavor, stated a press note received here today.
The note said that the first business session on ‘Implementation of Semester System at the Under Graduate level’ was chaired by Director UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU Prof. Rakesh Mohan. The speaker of the session was Pro-Vice Chancellor NEHU, Shillong campus Prof D. R. Syiemlieh, who informed the principals that the semester system will be advantageous to students as they will be internally assessed and continuously evaluated. From the university side preparation for its implementation has been worked out in a step-wise manner and will be implemented in a phase-wise manner considering the constraints faced by the Colleges.
Further, the second session was chaired by Prof D. R. Syiemlieh and Prof. K. Ismail the Controller of Examination NEHU; spoke on the ‘Examination System’. He presented before the principals a draft model for the semester system in Under Graduate Programmes and stressed on the importance of the cooperation of teachers in paper setting, evaluation and scrutiny. This was followed by Dr. C. R. Diengdoh, Director College Development Council NEHU, who enlightened the Principals on the new UGC Guidelines on affiliation matters. At the end of each session, the matter was discussed at length inviting suggestions and views from the Principals. The conference concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. Rakesh Mohan the Director UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU.
The inaugural function was chaired by Vice-Chancellor, NEHU, Shillong Prof. A.N. Rai. In his keynote address Prof. A. N. Rai said that the purpose of the conference is not to take decisions on the academic reforms as this is already done at the national level, but to orient the debate on its implementation, considering the constraints faced by the Colleges. He stressed on the decline in the standards of the education system, a result of the increase in population and massive expansion of the educational institutions, thereby putting the quality of education which is already under stress into further stress. In order to stop this backsliding and move forward to regain the quality, there is a need to optimize and to utilize to the utmost of whatever resources an educational institution has. He assured that the University being a regulatory body will assist the Colleges in this endeavor, stated a press note received here today.
The note said that the first business session on ‘Implementation of Semester System at the Under Graduate level’ was chaired by Director UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU Prof. Rakesh Mohan. The speaker of the session was Pro-Vice Chancellor NEHU, Shillong campus Prof D. R. Syiemlieh, who informed the principals that the semester system will be advantageous to students as they will be internally assessed and continuously evaluated. From the university side preparation for its implementation has been worked out in a step-wise manner and will be implemented in a phase-wise manner considering the constraints faced by the Colleges.
Further, the second session was chaired by Prof D. R. Syiemlieh and Prof. K. Ismail the Controller of Examination NEHU; spoke on the ‘Examination System’. He presented before the principals a draft model for the semester system in Under Graduate Programmes and stressed on the importance of the cooperation of teachers in paper setting, evaluation and scrutiny. This was followed by Dr. C. R. Diengdoh, Director College Development Council NEHU, who enlightened the Principals on the new UGC Guidelines on affiliation matters. At the end of each session, the matter was discussed at length inviting suggestions and views from the Principals. The conference concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. Rakesh Mohan the Director UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU.
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