Kochi : Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) organised a series of workshops on Thursday to develop Keralam’s first industry-flexible curriculum, aimed at aligning academic programmes with evolving industry requirements and emerging technologies.
The workshops were organised by the school of engineering, Prof NR Madhava Menon Interdisciplinary Centre for Research Ethics and Protocols and the school of legal studies, following the directives of vice-chancellor M Junaid Bushiri. The discussions focused on incorporating the National Education Policy provisions, strengthening industry-academia collaboration and promoting holistic student development. Experts from industry, academia, legal practice and technology participated in the sessions. Cusat had in Sept decided to introduce the industry-flexible curriculum system to enable universities to respond more quickly to changes in industry, science and technology.
Under the proposed model, 80% of the curriculum will comprise core subjects approved by the board of studies, while 20% will consist of components that can be revised periodically. This flexible portion is intended to accommodate emerging technologies, research findings, interdisciplinary learning, industry practices and contemporary developments without requiring a complete overhaul of the curriculum.