The Govt. of Kerala is planning to give Autonomous Status to selected Engineering Colleges in Kerala. Govt. Colleges, Aided Colleges and Self-Financing colleges can apply for autonomous status.
The Privileges to be given to these colleges include
Firstly, what happens when the colleges conduct exams on their own?
The quality of education is already different in different colleges. The only way to unify them is to have a common certification - which is the role of a University. Now, the valuation, question preparation and all works are done by the college itself. It is good that exams will run on-time, and results will be out on-time. But is this "on-time" affecting the quality?
One - Govt. colleges are well known for their "student-teacher" relationship. The teachers who don't like some students, may be due to their misbehaviour, may be due to their political activities. In effect, the students do fail in their internals (as of now), and will fail their university exams (when the college become autonomous).
Two - The private and the aided colleges will always try to increase their pass percentage. So, these colleges will always try to help their students to limp past the exams. This, in-turn will degrade the quality of engineers.
Secondly, what happens when the Institutions recruit on their own?
The quality of education being provided by any college, depends on the quality of the teachers. So far, the recruitment in the aided colleges have been made on merit basis. But colleges like the TKM, NSS and other colleges which are run by religious missionaries, are waiting for this opportunity. Now, the recruitment will not be made on the merit basis, but on the amount they will be paying to the missionary. The people with merit, and who do not have enough amount to pay the "bribe", will be sidelined, and hence, the quality once again comes down.
Now, when it comes to the government colleges, most of the people with merit will go into self-financing and aided colleges. And, the rest, who are less qualified will be left off for the govt. colleges. It would be ok, if govt. colleges could at least recruit them. But no. The Directorate of Technical Education and the Govt. has to complete all the formalities - which will run upto months and sometimes years to recruit teachers.
So, the government has to answer a simple question? What is your purpose with this move? Do you want to degrade the Quality of Education in Kerala, or you just want to feed the hungry missionary dogs, who keep your government alive?
The Privileges to be given to these colleges include
- Permission to conduct examinations as they wish
- Permission to do placements as they wish (Govt. Colleges can't do this)
- Universities of these colleges will have the only one duty - to issue the certificate
Firstly, what happens when the colleges conduct exams on their own?
The quality of education is already different in different colleges. The only way to unify them is to have a common certification - which is the role of a University. Now, the valuation, question preparation and all works are done by the college itself. It is good that exams will run on-time, and results will be out on-time. But is this "on-time" affecting the quality?
One - Govt. colleges are well known for their "student-teacher" relationship. The teachers who don't like some students, may be due to their misbehaviour, may be due to their political activities. In effect, the students do fail in their internals (as of now), and will fail their university exams (when the college become autonomous).
Two - The private and the aided colleges will always try to increase their pass percentage. So, these colleges will always try to help their students to limp past the exams. This, in-turn will degrade the quality of engineers.
Secondly, what happens when the Institutions recruit on their own?
The quality of education being provided by any college, depends on the quality of the teachers. So far, the recruitment in the aided colleges have been made on merit basis. But colleges like the TKM, NSS and other colleges which are run by religious missionaries, are waiting for this opportunity. Now, the recruitment will not be made on the merit basis, but on the amount they will be paying to the missionary. The people with merit, and who do not have enough amount to pay the "bribe", will be sidelined, and hence, the quality once again comes down.
Now, when it comes to the government colleges, most of the people with merit will go into self-financing and aided colleges. And, the rest, who are less qualified will be left off for the govt. colleges. It would be ok, if govt. colleges could at least recruit them. But no. The Directorate of Technical Education and the Govt. has to complete all the formalities - which will run upto months and sometimes years to recruit teachers.
So, the government has to answer a simple question? What is your purpose with this move? Do you want to degrade the Quality of Education in Kerala, or you just want to feed the hungry missionary dogs, who keep your government alive?
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