IQAC organized a session on “Impact of National Education Policy- 2020 on Higher Education” for staff and 1st year students (academic year 21-22)

The New Education Policy announced by Government of India (NEP 2020) was a welcoming change and fresh news amidst all the negativities surrounding the world due to the challenges posed by Covid19 pandemic. The announcement of NEP 2020 was purely unexpected by many.

1. Name of the event : Impact of National Education Policy- 2020 on Higher Education
2. Date & Day : 5th October 2021
3. Time : 9:00 AM
4. Venue: College Quandrangle
5. Resource Person/s : Dr. Aloysius Edward J,
Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management & Director IQAC, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Member of Curriculum Committee- NEP: 2020 Karnataka
6. No. of participants : 800

Objective:
The main objective of this session was to make staff and 1st year students understand the salient features of NEP and analyses how they affect the existing education system.
Ms. Reshme Warrier, V sem B.Com Honours began the session by welcoming the participants, followed by College Prayer song sang by Choir team

Dr. R N Subba Rao addressed the gathering and gave the beautiful welcome address speech

Ms. Mehboob Naz, III sem BCA introduced the resource person to the gathering.

Dr. Aloysius Edward J, briefed the salient features of NEP2020, he had discussed that
1) The new NEP has been introduced with an aim to formalize changes in the system from school level to college/university level.
2) Keeping in mind the developing scenario, education content henceforth, will focus on key-concepts, ideas, applications and problem-solving angles.
3) The National Education Policy is expected to bring positive and long-lasting impact on the higher education system of the country.
4) The fact that foreign universities will be allowed to open campuses in India is a commendable initiative by the government. This will help the students experience the global quality of education in their very own country. 5) The policy of introducing multi-disciplinary institutes will lead to a renewed focus on every field such as arts, humanities and this form of education will help students to learn and grow holistically. Thus, students will be equipped with stronger knowledge base.
6) Establishing Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) is definitely a robust idea to store the academic credits that students earn by taking courses from various recognized higher education institutions. A student can earn scores by completing a course and these will be credited to the ABC account. One can then transfer these credits if he/she decides to switch colleges. If a student ever drops out for some reasons, these credits will remain intact which means he/she can come back years later and pick up from where the student had left.

Towards end of the session sir had discussed the framework different degree programmes and the credits for each subjects of BBA, B.Com , BCA, BA and B.Sc programmes.

Around 800 participants, including ist year students, parent and students got benifitted from the session

The programme concluded by the Vote of thanks by Ms. Aleena Reji, V Sem B.Sc(MSE)