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Autonomous colleges remain clueless about introduction of common syllabus

On June 19, arts and sciences colleges will reopen for second and third year students. Principals of aided autonomous colleges are clueless about the Higher Education department’s decision to introduce common syllabus. The department announced a couple of months ago that all colleges in the State will follow one syllabus as opposed to autonomous colleges designing their own unique syllabus. P. Wilson, principal and secretary of Madras Christian College, says: “The salient feature of the autonomous syllabus makes our students industry ready. Outdated syllabus T. Veeramani, president of the Tamil Nadu Government College Teachers Association, who is also the principal of Government Arts College, Coimbatore, says colleges have received circulars to implement the common syllabus.

The Hindu

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