The RGUKT Rajiv Gandhi University for Knowledge Technology is a fairly new institute functioning in different campuses- Basar, Nuzvid, R K Valley and the Hyderabad unit functioning from IIITH campus.
The idea is to educate rural youth after class 10 for six years leading to a BTech degree.
What is different is the pedagogy adopted.
There are course coordinators who design the course content. Based on that, the students are presented with video lectures. They use these and the study material. There is a mentor for the class.
Students are expected to study Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Humanities and social sciences and later, the core engineering subjects.
I am curious to know if this works.
One complaint I heard was that since the students have not been exposed to the English language much, they find the video lectures difficult to follow.
I am trying to go and see how it works one of these days.
1 comment:
etchehaGone through your blog. Found its these very interesting due to its high relevance to present scenario of technical education in India. With regard to RGUKT, I can understand your apprehensions. I recently read an interesting article titled "Shaping Rural Students into Young Technocrats' in The Hindu - Education Plus Published: May 28, 2012. You may find answers to some of your doubts. - Regards, Sreenivas
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