“Honesty, Hard Work and Consistency of the teachers will bring quality change in education”
– Prof. N.K. Lokanath
The IQAC of JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty road, Mysuru-25 organized Two Day Faculty Training Programme on Outcome Based Education (OBE) in the Golden Jubilee Hall on 02 and 03 June 2023. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. N.K. Lokanath, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore. In the inaugural speech, Prof. Lokanath felt that a change is required at this juncture in the education field. There is a huge transformation in the students expectations these days and hence outcome based knowledge is essential to make students get employed. Jobs created this year are changed next year and hence continuous monitoring and implementing new initiatives are required to bring a quality change in higher education institutions (HEIs). He also highlighted the salient features of NEP-2020 which is mainly concentrating on the vertical depth of one subject. Further, he added that skills related programmes should be part of the curriculum. The present day teachers should have clarity and flexibility in order to prepare the students to face real world challenges.
In his conceptual note, Prof. B.V. Sambashivaiah, Chief Executive of the College brought to the notice of the teachers about the objectives and significance of OBE. He stated that there is diversity in education institutions and a common platform has to be brought in. To bring uniformity in HEIs, CBCS, NEP, etc. have come into being. Continuing, he said that the gap between institutes and industries have to bridged in order to make the students employable. Dr. Mendus Jacob, CEO, IPSR Solutions Ltd., Kerala who gave Keynote address expressed that the quality of both teachers as well as students have to be improved and ICT & AI tools are very much required for implementing OBE effectively.
Prof. R. Mugeshappa, Director, College Education Division, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, in his Presidential Speech opined that various parameters of OBE will lead to improvement of skills and quality in teaching-learning. He emphasized how traditional education has been transformed to modern day teaching through “technology included teaching”. The two-day Training Programme will be highly beneficial to teachers of the General Education Colleges coming under JSS MVP. The two-day event will feature different Technical Talks by resource persons from IPSR Solutions Ltd. Kerala.
Prof. M.P. Vijayendra Kumar, Principal welcomed the guests and others. Ms. Tejaswini and team rendered invocation. Dr N. Rajendraprasad, IQAC Coordinator compeered and proposed vote of thanks.