I had a chance to talk to one of the senior professor on curriculum formation at BTech level as part of a research work I was using on technical education in Kerala. He told me fascinating stories of how curriculum/syllabus is shaped by Tuition mafia and trade unions which collaborate with them. Academics have very little to do with all this.
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil < > vu2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> See the new syllabus of CUSAT for Btech. >> These guys are still prescribing Microsoft stuff. >> >> http://soe.cusat.ac.in/files/btech_s1s2_syllabus_2012.pdf >> >> > Besides that, what is the point in "teaching" word-processors and > presentation tools in an Engineering curriculum? > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
