Blended learning: Kerala for retaining autonomy of universities, flexibility in course choices

Higher education council submits feedback to UGC on draft note

Autonomy of universities and flexibility in choice of courses have to be retained in the blended learning mode of teaching and learning, pointed out the Kerala State Higher Education Council in its feedback on blended learning submitted to the University Grants Commission (UGC). The council had organised a meeting on June 3 to collect feedback from various stakeholders on the draft note on blended learning published by the commission. “On the whole, there is a general consensus about the background statement about the need for flexibility and student centricity in higher education. However, individual institutions require freedom to adapt them to suit their special academic structure, composition, and instructional practices, while retaining the core provisions of the draft for which we need to identify areas where flexibility is permissible,” the council said in its feedback.