Principal Secretary, Department of Skill Development and Training, S. Suresh Kumar on Thursday said syllabus of the polytechnic students should be upgraded every year to meet national and international standards.
Addressing the department officials at the valedictory of a two-day review meeting on polytechnic education, he said an expert committee comprising national-level subject experts would be constituted and this panel would make appropriate suggestions to the government every year. He also directed the officials concerned to work on a proposal for the government’s approval to bring in new facilities and take up construction activity in the newly-sanctioned government polytechnics at Maidukuru, Betamcharla and at Guntakal.
Stating that only when teachers have good understanding of the modern methods used by the industries, they will be in a position to transfer the knowledge to students, Mr. Suresh Kumar asked the officials to design a comprehensive training programme for the faculty in polytechnic colleges. He wanted the digital classrooms in polytechnics to be effectively utilised and said that an officer at the Commissionerate level should be appointed to monitor and prepare weekly reports.
