Should Novel Programs At Iit Kanpur Endure Available To Existing Students

In the final few months, IIT Kanpur has made its academic programs to a greater extent than flexible. For example, it has discontinued admission to 5 yr BTech MTech dual-degree programs. Now, the students own got admission to the BTech program, too inwards the third yr create upwards one's heed whether they desire to pass an extra yr to become an MTech marker every bit well. Similarly, it has started dual-major programs, whereby the educatee inwards the third yr tin create upwards one's heed to become a instant BTech marker inwards 1 extra year. Yet roughly other alter is re-introduction of little fry programs, whereby a educatee tin produce 3-4 courses inwards a specified expanse too the transcript volition shout that s/he has completed a little fry programme inwards that area. The flexibility is same for scientific discipline programs also. The educatee gets admitted to 4-year BS program, but volition own got an pick to produce BS-MS dual-degree, or BS-BS or BS-BTech dual major, or a little fry inwards roughly other discipline. IIT Kanpur has besides introduced an Engineering Science marker for which at that spot is no admission through JEE, but students tin chose to become into this programme every bit a branch alter option.

All these changes are applicable to students who are getting admitted to IIT Kanpur inwards 2011.

In my opinion, the Institute should elbow grease to brand all options (or every bit many every bit possible) available to existing students every bit well. What that agency is that the existing BTech-MTech dual-degree students should own got an pick to alter to BTech marker exclusively (this should live on slow to implement for Y10, Y09, too Y08 batches, if non Y07 batch). It should live on possible for an existing educatee to pass extra fourth dimension too become roughly other undergraduate degree. Again, this should live on slow to implement for Y10 too Y09 batches, spell Y08 batches may own got to pass non only two semesters extra, but three semesters extra. It should live on possible for existing students to opt for a minor. Again, lilliputian to implement for Y10 batch, too surely something tin live on worked out for most Y09 batch students.

Why should such a flexibility live on extended to existing students is the query many faculty members own got asked me.

My declaration is simple. Whenever nosotros create upwards one's heed on a change, it is because nosotros shout upwards that inwards today's context, the novel rule/system is amend than the sometime rule/system. Otherwise, nosotros would non own got decided on that change. If the novel organisation is better, too then the produce goodness of that "better" organisation should live on available to every bit many people every bit possible.

So whatever alter that nosotros approve for Y11 batch, nosotros should besides expect into the possibility of making it available to existing students. Of course, nosotros may come upwards to the decision that at that spot is no slow manner to contain the novel organisation into the old, too therefore, nosotros can't extend the produce goodness to the sometime students. But, inwards general, the produce goodness of whatever expert thought should live on extended to every bit many stake holders every bit possible.

Now, of course, those stake holders may own got a dissimilar indicate of view, too they may reckon the sometime organisation to live on beneficial to them inwards roughly way. Therefore, most expert universities, when they create upwards one's heed on something new, laissez passer on an pick to the existing students that they tin follow either the sometime organisation or the novel organisation (except, every bit I said above, inwards cases where adapting novel organisation for sometime students is real difficult).

Faculty members fence that if nosotros extend whatever produce goodness to existing students, too then nosotros volition live on unfair to those students who did non own got admission to IIT Kanpur, because they were told virtually the existing rules then. Hmmm. So nosotros desire to live on to a greater extent than fair to those who did non own got admission to IIT Kanpur, too less fair to those who did own got admission to IIT Kanpur.

By this logic, nosotros cannot supply whatever pregnant produce goodness to existing students that nosotros did non denote at the admission time. We cannot, for example, alter branch alter rules for existing students. An extreme illustration of this logic would live on the following: We should non allow existing students to role the latest sporting facilities, since they were non told virtually it at the fourth dimension of admission. If nosotros had told virtually the upcoming facilities then, possibly others would own got been attracted to IITK, too the electrical flow students would non own got been able to become admission. So past times allowing such an access, nosotros are existence unfair to all those who did non own got admission to IITK then.

Peace!

Should Novel Programs At Iit Kanpur Endure Available To Existing Students 2019-07-26T00:03:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: krbtk