Teachers urged to focus on developing students’ thinking skills, creativity

Former Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi, V.S. Raju, connected Thursday said effectual teaching goes beyond conscionable delivering taxable substance and that it should absorption connected processing students’ reasoning skills, comprehension and creativity.

Addressing participants of a module improvement programme connected “Teaching Methodologies and Improving Education done Outcome-Based Approaches nether the New National Education Policy (NEP) 2020,” organised by the Department of Academic Advancement and Strengthening astatine Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Mr. Raju highlighted that student-focused teaching approaches, exertion integration, and interactive treatment methods lend to amended learning outcomes. Describing teachers arsenic architects of students’ futures, helium besides shared insights from his idiosyncratic experiences done a powerpoint presentation.

Speaking connected “Engineering Education-- Challenges and Issues,” Director of IIT-Tirupati K.N. Satyanarayana observed that engineering acquisition indispensable accommodate to the evolving needs of the industry. He stressed the important relation of module successful fostering problem-solving abilities, probe aptitude and innovative reasoning among students and encouraged educators to fortify their cognition successful emerging areas specified arsenic Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Science. He besides discussed the practices followed astatine premier institutions and the affirmative results achieved done them.

Former Director of IIT-Bhubaneswar, R.V. Rajakumar, spoke connected “Curriculum Framework successful Line with NEP-2020” and explained that the purpose of the NEP is to unlock students’ afloat potential. He said world curricula should emphasise connected outcome-based education, multi-disciplinary learning, project-oriented teaching, and internships.

Concluding the league connected “Leverage AI for Outcome-Based Education,” erstwhile prof from IIT-Madras, N. Shiva Prasad, said that AI-driven teaching techniques tin greatly heighten pupil learning outcomes. He explained that personalised learning, intelligent appraisal methods and data-based valuation systems tin amended the prime of education. He besides urged module members to integrate AI into their teaching practices.

College Director P. Siddhaiah, Principal Burra Karuna Kumar, Vice-Principals P. Kodanda Rama Rao and M.R.C.H. Sastry, Management Advisor P. Ravindra Babu, FDP Coordinator and AS and A Director M. Kamaraju, PGCRD Director G.V.S.N.R.V. Prasad, and IQAC Convener V.V.K.D.V. Prasad felicitated the guests with shawls, bouquets and mementoes.