Raising strong objections to several recommendations in the Kerala State Higher Education Council’s (KSHEC) interim review of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP), Left-aligned service organisations have urged the council to retain the programme’s existing academic framework and avoid changes that could conflict with Outcome-Based Education (OBE), university autonomy and the statutory provisions that govern FYUGP.
In a detailed policy response submitted to the KSHEC, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-backed All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (AKPCTA) contends that several recommendations mooted by the committee that was tasked with evaluating the FYUGP continue to reflect the Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS), which existed earlier, rather than the assessment architecture adopted under FYUGP.
The report’s use of the concepts of “internal” and “external” evaluation is inconsistent with the Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) and End Semester Evaluation (ESE) model prescribed under FYUGP and OBE.
Unnecessary ambiguity
The association has also questioned the recommendations that seek to amend university regulations where corresponding provisions already exist, while cautioning that such proposals could create unnecessary ambiguity.
