Saturday, January 13, 2018 IT maTTers Students rue for solution to RUSA Since RUSA was an integral part of education policy of the union government to bring about qualitative improvement in education and huge chunk of funds are rooted through RUSA, any move to scrap RUSA would be detrimental to the interest of the state. So prima fascia new ruling party back the system. Vishal sarin Shimla The previous govern ment hastily in a bid to eye financial aid from the Choice based Credit System (CBCS) adopted RUSA. From its beginning the system was dejected by most students and teachers alike who viewed the system to be impractical for the hills. In the mountain the colleges are located in very fragile locations due to which practicability cannot be achieved for adopting such system said experts. Even though that the BJP made an aggressive poll promise of doing away with the RUSA system might become a thorn in their flesh now. dents of various wings hav chored huge hopes from the party who made the promise. “No decision has been taken on RUSA and also on scraping the semester system so far. The shortcomings and bottlenecks in implementation of the RUSA are being identified”, stated Suresh Bhardwaj, Education Minister Thakur from Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) stated that their agitation though is not against the system, but they are offended with the way it is being implemented. She said that the protest is against the semester system in CBCS. The semester system should be scrapped to the earlier form of yearly examination. And the CBCS should be re worked as it does not hold any relevance in the place like Himachal Pradesh where professional options are limited. S i n c e RUSA was an integral part of education policy of the union government to bring about qualitative improvement in education and huge chunk of funds are rooted through RUSA, any move to scrap RUSA would be detrimental to the interest of the state. So prima fascia it seems the new ruling party might not roll back the system. The new Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj stated recently that they are not taking any hasty steps and would also seek suggestions while teacher - - as required under CBCS. The under from academicians and experts, before taking any decision. The new minister said that the new government would first look into the challenges of the system like inadequate infrastructure, shortage of teaching staff and weakness in Choice based Credit System (CBCS) and then would plan accordingly. “No decision been taken on RUSA and also on scraping the semester system so far and the shortcomings implementation being identified”, stated Bhardwaj. The semester system under RUSA has increased the workload as examinations are held twice a year and the in the absence of supporting staff, the declaration of results were delayed inordinately, causing unrest. The students as well as teaching staff were up in arms against RUSA and the University remained on boil for nearly two years but the government took a tough stand and RUSA was not rolled back. The students’ organisations including ABVP and SFI vehemently opposed RUSA staffing is not only in the University but also in colleges under CBCS as teachers are overworked. Therefore failure to streamline the examination system and delay in declaration of results cost dear to the students, aspiring for admissions in other universities and institutions for perusing higher education. However if this new government is not able to resolve the issue before opening of the new session in the university, student agitations are bound to continue raging thus affecting the entire atmosphere of any education system. ABVP said that the agitation would continue till their demands are agreed upon. Other two students (SFI and NSUI) wings also share a similar viewpoint and threaten to continue agitation till the RUSA is scrapped as promised by the BJP. ABVP said that the agitation would continue till their demands are agreed upon. Other two students (SFI and NSUI) wings also share a similar viewpoint and threaten to continue agitation till the RUSA is scrapped as promised by the BJP. 03
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