Left organisations in Keralam object to higher education council’s FYUGP review proposals
Left-aligned teacher organizations in Kerala are opposing the state's proposed review of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme. They argue the new recommendations conflict with existing academic frameworks and misinterpret assessment models.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant policy clash between academic unions and state education councils regarding the implementation of modern pedagogical standards in higher education.
Raising strong objections to several recommendations in the Kerala State Higher Education Council’s (KSHEC) interim review of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP), Left-aligned service organisations have urged the council to retain the programme’s existing academic framework and avoid changes that could conflict with Outcome-Based Education (OBE), university autonomy and the statutory provisions that govern FYUGP.
In a detailed policy response submitted to the KSHEC, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-backed All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (AKPCTA) contends that several recommendations mooted by the committee that was tasked with evaluating the FYUGP continue to reflect the Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS), which existed earlier, rather than the assessment architecture adopted under FYUGP.
The report’s use of the concepts of “internal” and “external” evaluation is inconsistent with the Continuous Comprehensive Assessment (CCA) and End Semester Evaluation (ESE) model prescribed under FYUGP and OBE.
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