Swot Analysis of Choise Based Credit System

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CHOISE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM UNDER RASHTRIYA UCHCHATARSHIKSHA ABHIYAN IN HIMACHAL PREDESH: A SWOT ANALYSIS

Introduction

After the implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in primary level and

Madhyamika Shiksha Abhiyan in secondary level, the Cabinet Committee on Economic

Affairs on 3rd October 2 !3 approved the "ashtriya #chchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

("#SA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for reformin$ the state hi$her ed%cation

system in &ndia' he Abhiyan d%rin$ !2th ive *ear +lan aimed at creatin$ ne-

#niversities by convertin$ a%tonomo%s colle$es.colle$es into a cl%ster of State

%niversities' Apart from this Abhiyan also aimed at settin$ %p ne- colle$es and

%p$radin$ e/istin$ %niversities and colle$es' A financial o%tlay of "s' 22, 00 crore (o%t

of -hich "s !1, 22 -ill be central share) has been made in the !2th ive *ear +lan' &n

addition, allocation of "s' !, crore in the !2th +lan for the e/istin$ scheme S%b

Mission polytechnics -o%ld also be s%bs%med in "#SA' h%s the total central share,

incl%din$ the e/istin$ scheme of polytechnics -ill be "s' ! , 2 crore d%rin$ the !2th

+lan' Centre State f%ndin$ -o%ld be in the ratio of 4 5! for 6orth Eastern States,

Sikkim, 7amm% and 8ashmir, 9imachal +radesh and #ttarakhand and 10530 for other

States and #nion erritories'

"#SA is a ne- Centrally Sponsored Scheme spread over t-o plan periods, for

improvin$ access, e:%ity and :%ality in the state hi$her ed%cation system' ;ith over 41

percent of st%dents enrolled in the state hi$her ed%cation system, there is a need for

State colle$es and %niversities to be stren$thened thro%$h strate$ic central f%ndin$ and

implementin$ certain m%ch needed reforms' "#SA also aims to incentivi


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2' Correct re$ional imbalances in access to hi$her ed%cation thro%$h hi$h :%ality

instit%tions in r%ral and semi %rban areas as -ell as creatin$ opport%nities for

st%dents from r%ral areas to $et access to better :%ality instit%tions'

3' Settin$ %p of hi$her ed%cation instit%tions in %nserved and %nderserved areas'

>' &mprove e:%ity in hi$her ed%cation by providin$ ade:%ate opport%nities to

socially deprived comm%nities? promote incl%sion of -omen, minorities, SC.S

and O@Cs as -ell as differently abled persons'

0' Ens%re ade:%ate availability of :%ality fac%lty in all hi$her ed%cational instit%tions

and ens%re capacity b%ildin$ at all levels'

1' Create an enablin$ atmosphere in hi$her ed%cational instit%tions to devotethemselves to research and innovation'

' &nte$rate skill developments efforts of the $overnment -ith the conventional

hi$her ed%cation system thro%$h optim%m interventions'

All f%ndin$ %nder "#SA -o%ld be norm based and f%t%re $rants -o%ld be performance

based and o%tcome dependent' Commitment by States and instit%tions to certain

academic, administrative and $overnance reforms -ill be a precondition for receivin$f%ndin$'

RUSA in Himac a! Prad"#

9imachal +radesh is one of the first states in &ndia to implement "ashtriya #chchtar

Shiksha Abhiyan ("#SA)' &n colle$es the Abhiyan has been implemented by takin$ a

ma=or shift from its earlier ann%al system to a semester system' he shift is not only

from ann%al to semester b%t it incl%des an overall chan$e in c%rric%l%m, eval%ations andeven $radin$ of st%dents' he ne- system referred as Choice @ased Credit System

(C@CS) incl%des credit based co%rses aimed at providin$ st%dents -ith inter disciplinary

approach of st%dies' A typical pro$ramme str%ct%re %nder the ne- system has follo-in$

str%ct%re5


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able5 C@CS +ro$ramme Str%ct%re for a typical St%dent

Semester 6o' of Ma=or

Co%rses

6o of Minor

Co%rsesComp%lsory & B9

6o' of time eval%ation of st%dent done+er Semester

Assi$nment,+ro=ects etc

9o%seE/am

Ann%alE/am otal

& 2 2 2 ! !> 2

&& 2 2 2 ! !> 2

&n *ear & !> 2 !> 01

&&& 2 2 2 ! !> 2

&D 3 2 0 ! 0 2

&n *ear && !2 2> !2 >

D 3 2 0 ! 0 2

D& 2+l%s additional co%rses to

complete !2 credits for thecompletion of $rad%ation

he ne- system after vario%s disc%ssions and deliberations is bein$ implemented

since the academic year 2 !3 !>' ;ith one year of e/perience -ith theimplementation of choice based credit system %nder the "ashtriya #chchtar Shiksha

Abhiyan in the paper S;O analysis of C@CS for the state of 9imachal +radesh has

been made5


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Ta$!": SWOT Ana!%#i# o& C oic" Ba#"d Cr"dit S%#t"m 'CBCS( und"r RUSASTREN)TH More choice and more fle/ibility

available for the st%dents &nter isciplinary Approach @etter, Comprehensive and %p to date

c%rric%l%m emands for &nnovative teachin$

methodolo$ies

WEAKNESS Fack of infrastr%ct%re to implement the ne-

approach holistically Dacancies of teachin$ cadre especially in s%b

%rban and r%ral colle$es Fack of time and reso%rces for research Complicated +ro$ramme Str%ct%re -ith vario%s

heads s%ch as Ma=or, Minor, Comp%lsory andeneral &nterest B 9obby

&nter colle$e variation in implementation of c%rric%l%m

Fack of &nfra str%ct%re and & enablednet-orkin$ across the state

aps in technical, academic and researchbased competencies across vario%s colle$es

Fack of attention to-ards co c%rric%lar activitiess%ch as sports, 6CC, 6SS, "overs B "an$ersactivities

More G eachin$H centric approach and lesstime for G"esearchH

E/amination and eval%ation pattern %nder ne-scheme is blocka$e as colle$es remains b%syin cond%ctin$ ho%se e/aminations (t-ice in asemester) and checkin$ of ans-er scripts( hrice in a semester)'' &n addition to thisst%dents also b%rdened -ith assi$nment andvario%s other pro=ect reports of at least 0 1s%b=ects in a semester'

OPPORTUNITY Creation of additional infrastr%ct%re & enabled teachin$ practices M%ltidisciplinary approach &mproved employability of st%dents "eforms in #niversity atabase

mana$ement of st%dents More fac%lty recr%itments to improve

the st%dent 5 teacher ratio %nd "aisin$

THREAT ransparencies and comparability in inter B

intra colle$e eval%ations' Shift of st%dents from 9imachal +radesh

#niversity to-ards other #niversities s%ch as& 6O#, or other nei$hborin$ or state basedprivate %niversities'

Can lead to less interest to-ards colle$eed%cation and more to-ards professionaled%cation


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ac%lty B Staff evelopment &n the absence of st%dent data mana$ement the

system is bo%nd to $et comple/

iven the fact that choice based credit system if $lobally accepted and more st%dent

friendly, there is a need to look at the s%pply side of the state colle$es that they can and

have capacity to offer to the st%dents' &n the absence of ade:%ate fac%lty availability

and vario%s other infrastr%ct%res, $eo$raphical and other implementation bottlenecks to

achieve the tr%e spirit of the system still remains at distance'

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