Basis of the Program

What are we doing?

We are sending all our 70 Deans and HoDs of all Engineering Faculties and
Departments to IIT Delhi for Curriculum Development. They will not only learn
how to revise and develop Curriculum but will also return with One Unified
Curriculum as per the Fields of Studies.

Why are we doing so?

Advantages of Unified Curriculum

1. Teachers need to know what needs to be taught – guidelines
2. Practical – provides a framework from which teachers can work
3. Agreement on broad common principles
4. Provides for equality of educational opportunity assess to knowledge for
all students
5. Goal is to ensure vocational and economic success for individual and
nation
6. Easier to transfer between schools
7. Less expensive
8. Fill academic agenda
9. Less teacher education with the teacher as a facilitator
10.Curriculum focus on practical skills
11.Teach to the test
12.Focuses on observable behaviors, artifacts, and objective results
13.Easy to assess
14.Claims to be the whole curriculum – research based
15.Standards are connected to community needs and student needs
16.Empower teachers
17.Based on principled procedures
18.Flexible and able to change
19.Includes time lines for student's learning, development, and growth
20.Describes a whole curriculum
21.Hidden curriculum is considered
22.Identifies big ideas, concepts, and outcomes
23.Includes assessment: formative, summative, diagnosis, and generative
24.Students have a large say in evaluation
25.Includes ways to satisfy accountability