Empowering students for informed decision

Hyderabad: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has shown the way to the Boards of Intermediate Education and State Higher Education Councils in the two Telugu States as to how to empower students.

According to sources, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) and Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), besides State Higher Education Departments of both the States are on a signing spree of Memorandums' of Understanding (MoU) with numerous education and career guidance entities.

It may be mentioned here that the MoUs are being entered into for "enhancing the standards of education and skills of the students."

Speaking to The Hans India, a senior official from the TSCHE said, "There is no comprehensive policy on education policy or skill development in the State, ," he added.

Adding, the recently released CBSE 'Compendium of Courses' was a small step, but in a right direction which should have been taken long ago by every State in the country.

Giving reasons, he said, after completion of the Intermediate or 10+2 students are confused due to lack of proper information or bombarded with too much information.

In turn, they end up in one or the other courses without knowing their future prospects. Expressing a similar view another official from the APSHED said, it filled the gap for years enabling the students to take an informed decision about their future education and career.

The CBSE compendium of courses would give students an introduction of each course in a nutshell. Besides, a bird's eye view of what they will have to learn at the degree and postgraduate level. Also, it gives a list of a few of the universities and HEIs where they can pursue such courses.

For example, for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML), the compendium, in simple terms gives an idea to the students that AI&ML "belongs to a field of science and engineering in which studies and research computer machines that can perform tasks with human intelligence.

It includes speech recognition, visual perception, logic and decision, multi-language translation and more. Digital bits of data are interpreted and turned into significant experiences and outcomes with aid/assistance of robotics, automation and sophisticated computer software and programs."

It further gives an indicative list of institutions like IIT, Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad (UoH) and other HEIs where they can look for more information.

Similarly, it also gives details of the courses like Astronomy and Astrophysics, which deals with an exciting journey of study about the physical, chemical and dynamic properties of celestial objects.

The phenomena over and above earth's atmosphere and an associated study of it, which deals, with the calculations of orbits, gravitational forces, satellites, meteors, galaxies, comets, stars, planetary objects, planets, satellites etc. This course is taught at the Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Likewise, the CBSE students are also guided to grasp what the biomedical engineering taught at Osmania University. Biotechnology Engineering, a combination of engineering, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology and chemistry is taught at Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur, Ceramics Engineering and Naval Architecture Engineering at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Information, Communication and Entertaining (ICE) at IIT in Hyderabad.

Also, it also gives students some of the prominent integrand multidisciplinary courses like Medical Electronic Engineering, a combined study of biology with engineering principles for developing artificial organs, prostheses (artificial devices that replace missing body parts) having a huge social impact.

Also, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other health management systems medical diagnostics and allied fields. It further also gives an indicative list of specialisations like biomechanics, rehabilitation and orthopaedic engineering offered in the field of Medical Electronic Engineering.