TGCHE plans to provide study material for Telangana degree students

“The material will be designed in a way to also aid students preparing for competitive exams. I am looking for researchers who can conduct good research and come up with material,” said TGCHE Chairman Prof. V Balakista Reddy

Hyderabad: The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) is planning to embark on an ambitious project to provide comprehensive study material for degree students from the next academic year.

The first of its kind initiative is aimed at making quality study material accessible to students, particularly hailing from rural and economically weaker backgrounds in the State.

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The proposed material will help students grasp the subject better and aid in examination preparation. It is expected to include comprehensive notes, summaries and practical questions for related subjects, along with details of reference books.

The initiative has been mooted as part of the degree courses curriculum revamp, initiated by the Council. Presently, students study from the reference books suggested by their faculty members. To begin with the project will commence for a few degree subjects and extended to all subjects of all courses in a phased manner.

“The material will be designed in a way to also aid students preparing for competitive exams. I am looking for researchers who can conduct good research and come up with material,” said TGCHE Chairman Prof. V Balakista Reddy.

The TGCHE, which constituted subject wise expert committees to revamp the undergraduate syllabus, aligning it with the industry requirements, has commenced the work. The focus is on introducing skill development courses in undergraduate education.

Internships may become a mandatory component in the degree programmes on the lines of the UG engineering programmes. For science students, project work will be made compulsory in the final year of study, and mandatory language study may be scrapped in the third year, focusing more on core skills.

Presently, both government and private degree colleges offer more than 500 course combinations at the undergraduate level .