UGC flooded with Gujarat teachers’ research proposals
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Monday, September 24,
2012
(http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2012092420120924010428648c86ccc7a/UGC-flooded-with-Gujarat-teachers%E2%80%99-research-proposals.html)
The efforts of
Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), founded by Higher Education Department,
has started bearing fruits as state teachers have submitted 2,100 research
proposals to University Grant Commission under the scheme “Research Projects
for Teachers: Major and Minor”.
The proposals have come from varied disciplines like science, humanities, social science, arts, law, language and allied disciplines. “The research proposals if cleared by UGC will get funds in crores which will be utilised for quality education. The research will benefit teachers and students. And it will also bring gradual change and promote research at various levels. This is for the first time that Gujarat teachers’ have sent 2,100 enteries,” said a source in Higher Education Department.
EFFORTS OF KCG
To strengthen higher education through research, KCG decided to rollout a series of workshops. “From February till date, the consortium has organised 22 workshops in a decentralised mode at district level for teachers of colleges. All districts of the state have been covered under the scheme. More than 2,467 teachers have been provided hand-holding and more that 2,197 proposals have been prepared by the participants after the workshop,” said the source.
The three-day workshop series focused on about 1,032 college teachers of eight universities in 26 districts of Gujarat. “Teachers from engineering, pharmacy, architecture and medicine faculties were nor covered under the series. Only those teachers were covered under the programme who have not been able to submit any research proposal till the date of workshop,” the source said.
The consortium has tied up with Information and Library Network (Inflibnet) to avail books and reference material to teachers in order to help them prepare research proposals. As many as 70,000 e-books and 8000 e-journal are available online for teachers.
The proposals have come from varied disciplines like science, humanities, social science, arts, law, language and allied disciplines. “The research proposals if cleared by UGC will get funds in crores which will be utilised for quality education. The research will benefit teachers and students. And it will also bring gradual change and promote research at various levels. This is for the first time that Gujarat teachers’ have sent 2,100 enteries,” said a source in Higher Education Department.
EFFORTS OF KCG
To strengthen higher education through research, KCG decided to rollout a series of workshops. “From February till date, the consortium has organised 22 workshops in a decentralised mode at district level for teachers of colleges. All districts of the state have been covered under the scheme. More than 2,467 teachers have been provided hand-holding and more that 2,197 proposals have been prepared by the participants after the workshop,” said the source.
The three-day workshop series focused on about 1,032 college teachers of eight universities in 26 districts of Gujarat. “Teachers from engineering, pharmacy, architecture and medicine faculties were nor covered under the series. Only those teachers were covered under the programme who have not been able to submit any research proposal till the date of workshop,” the source said.
The consortium has tied up with Information and Library Network (Inflibnet) to avail books and reference material to teachers in order to help them prepare research proposals. As many as 70,000 e-books and 8000 e-journal are available online for teachers.
