The teaching faculty gathered together in the College on Tuesday to discuss and debate to make the new academic year fruitful. In particular, the teachers discussed the evaluation system, its pros and cons and presented their suggestions to the management.
Earlier, inaugurating the new academic year, the Rector, Fr Terence said that only higher education could give leadership to nation. “Good engineers, doctors, lawyers etc can come only through quality higher education,” he added.
Thanking the teachers for all the commitment they had been showing in imparting quality education at St Joseph’s, he called upon them to further give stress to education that was nation-building. “We must aim at global competence. Our students must stand up anywhere in the world,” he said, adding that inculcating values among students, seeking quality always and promoting technology for greater knowledge needed to be given importance in the institution.
Principal, Fr Ambrose Pinto, in his address expressed satisfaction at the growth the College had made in the last four years of autonomy. He said that the staff was committed, and co-operative in the past year. “However, there is a small percentage of staff which is busy only with teaching and needs to go beyond. It must engage itself in research,” he advised.
The staff members deliberated in groups the strong and the weak points of the present evaluation system. In general, there was appreciation of the system, though certain improvements were desired. A few groups felt that exams were far too many and could be reduced to just two per semester and instead, seminars, group discussions and assignments could be increased.
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