Flexibility is good...We reduced B.tech from 5 years to 4 years starting from 1981...Now another change...Let us not change the no of months for a degree..May be in the last semester they can get some additional credits or an additional certification
Also IIT students are subjected to intense pressures on account of competition..This will make the competition excessive..Not sure how many students can cope up with this
IITs plan to fast-track degrees with credit system from 2016 - The Times of India
Two years from now, an IITian will be able to get his BTech degree in three-and-a-half years instead of four, thanks to a new credit scores system.
The country's premier tech institution will switch to credit scores from the 2016-17 academic session, replacing the standard four-year course, IIT-Kharagpur director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti announced during the 60th convocation on Saturday. Emulating the US system, all IITs plan to give their students a flexible time frame to complete the BTech programme.
Under the new system, students have to accumulate a stipulated number of credits, including class lecture, laboratory, workshop and field work. They will be free to decide how much time they need to complete it. This means slow learners have eight years to do it — a huge relief for those driven to desperation, even suicide, for failing to match their peers.
The fastest learners will earn 176 to 182 credits spread over a minimum seven semesters. "A student who finishes seven semesters in three-and-a-half years will have the scope for enriching his academic career by doing something on his own in the last six months. It could be an entrepreneurship venture or a start-up. While IIT will award him the degree at the convocation, the student will get a provisional marksheet at the end of three-and-a-half years to take up a job," the IIT-Kgp director said.
Also IIT students are subjected to intense pressures on account of competition..This will make the competition excessive..Not sure how many students can cope up with this
IITs plan to fast-track degrees with credit system from 2016 - The Times of India
Two years from now, an IITian will be able to get his BTech degree in three-and-a-half years instead of four, thanks to a new credit scores system.
The country's premier tech institution will switch to credit scores from the 2016-17 academic session, replacing the standard four-year course, IIT-Kharagpur director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti announced during the 60th convocation on Saturday. Emulating the US system, all IITs plan to give their students a flexible time frame to complete the BTech programme.
Under the new system, students have to accumulate a stipulated number of credits, including class lecture, laboratory, workshop and field work. They will be free to decide how much time they need to complete it. This means slow learners have eight years to do it — a huge relief for those driven to desperation, even suicide, for failing to match their peers.
The fastest learners will earn 176 to 182 credits spread over a minimum seven semesters. "A student who finishes seven semesters in three-and-a-half years will have the scope for enriching his academic career by doing something on his own in the last six months. It could be an entrepreneurship venture or a start-up. While IIT will award him the degree at the convocation, the student will get a provisional marksheet at the end of three-and-a-half years to take up a job," the IIT-Kgp director said.
