An efficient curriculum

• Efficiency of teaching-learning process
• Augmentation of students' capabilities and quality enhancement of teachers
• Synchronises the achievement motivation of students and teachers

Quality in content and efficiency in the delivery system

• Students' knowledge-seeking potential vs. knowledge gained
• Consistency, sufficiency and efficiency of a curriculum are tested by student assessment as well

Advantage of Autonomy

• To interrelate
       Curriculum making,Course instruction; and Evaluation.
• Students part of decision-making
• Individual aspirations & market expectations

Curriculum design by the Faculty

• No room for students' participation and feed-back
• Bottlenecks
       - not “matured” or “capable”
       - infrastructural constraints
       - focus on teachers with University/Govt
• qualification
       - apprehensions of consequences of a critical
• feedback
       - time honoured system

'Service provider' Vs.'Beneficiary'

• Must be based on the principles of accountability
• Freedom of the beneficiary to offer critical feedback
• Asymmetric information

Why Student feed-back ?

• Students' aspirations and career goals rapidly change
• Students - the most important stakeholders
• 'Quality Enhancement' and 'Empowerment of Students'
• Concerned with institutional process
• To facilitate remedial action by the faculty and administration

How to get student feed-back?

• Survey, through questionnaires and focus group discussion
• Mechanism for follow-up
• Role of IQAC
• Role for Alumni
• Adopting student charter
• Grievance redressal mechanism
• Student representation in all academic decision-making bodies

Objectives of the feedback practice

• To provide student a greater role in the teaching-learning process
• To develop a greater sense of responsibility
• To offer constructive suggestions
• To help teachers improve their teaching styles
• Open communication between student and teacher
• To ensure, accountability and transparency in academic ethos of the institution

Conclusion

• An important stage of teaching and learning process
• Recognizes the democratic values
• Service delivery mechanism will not be fully operational without inclusion of students’ participation

Dr.C.Selvaraj, M.A.,M.Phil.,PhD.
Principal, St.Thomas College of Arts and Science, Chennai – 600 107