Educational institutions should shift focus from a marks-oriented system to THE one that fosters social responsibility and awareness, SAYS N.C. Wadhwa (Vice- Chancellor, Manav Rachna International University)

How can we then impart good education to students at the highest levels to ensure it is worthwhile and goal-oriented? Institutional excellence can only occur in a student-centric environment. Moreover, no borrowed system can make students self-assured and confident. For the latter, it is necessary that the structures and systems are firmly anchored in our rich cultural heritage. This has to be the foundation of all educational institutions that endeavour to produce self-assured and socially conscious students. In imparting education, a student-centric university should not just focus on disseminating knowledge and mere ‘knowing’ of analytical knowledge. Rather, the focus should be on ‘doing’ or development of skills and ‘being’ or a sense of purpose and identity.

Towards this end, the pedagogy that institutions follow – particularly for management students – should be based upon the belief in multiple intelligence and through the use of diverse teaching methodologies. Both teachers and students should be co-learners. Here, teachers should facilitate learning rather than teach according to the ‘banking concept’ where one is the receiver and the other is the giver. Students should be taught through experiential methods such as live field projects, workshops, action research, simulations, prototyping, role-playing scenarios, socio-drama/psycho-drama, drama, dance, meditation, case studies, seminars, industry interface and guest lectures, mentoring, and suchlike.

Students can maintain a daily diary in every semester, documenting their experiences and lessons learnt. Finally, there is the unique Four–tier mentoring programme; here students can be mentored by the industry, peers, faculty and alumni, which makes students’ rite of passage from the university into the corporate world smoother. Click here to read more...

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