AICTE to test skills of engineering, management students
The technical education regulator aims to identify the learning gaps among students at various stages and take corrective measures during the course of their studies.
Through this assessment, for the first time, tech education council will test students while they're studying instead of after graduation, to identify lacunae and redress them. In order to improve new-age tech skills of engineering and management students, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to measure their learning levels during the course of their studies.
As per a report published in The Print, the move is the result of earlier findings of skill assessment reports, which have shown, among other things, that Indian engineers lack new-age tech skills.
Student Learning Assessment Project
The AICTE’s Student Learning Assessment project will test management students on skills such as ability in planning and organising human, financial and physical resources. For engineering, the skills tested will be in emerging areas such as blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, core engineering knowledge, and basic knowledge of maths, physics and chemistry. Mental and social abilities of both sets of students will also be measured.
The assessment will be conducted online for all branches of engineering and management across all AICTE-affiliated colleges in India and is set to begin soon, AICTE officials said.
Students to be assessed through questionnaires
Through this assessment, the council plans to gauge the learning level of a student during the course, identify lacunae, and redress them. The assessment will also help judge the employability of students, officials said, adding that students will be assessed through questionnaires according to their year of study.
AICTE member secretary Rajive Kumar said, “We want to identify the learning gaps among students at various stages, and take corrective measures. This assessment is not just open to students, but we are asking institutes to extend it to teachers as well, so that they know how to improve the teaching quality.”
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