<p>Ironically, teachers are equally ignorant about what to teach, and so is the university which has done little to either frame a new syllabus or approve the old one. <br /><br />When classes commenced last Monday, several anxious teachers approached V S Sreedhar, Chairman of the English Textbook Committee for third and fourth semester undergraduate courses, enquiring about the curriculum. Sreedhar, however, was not better informed either as the university had not mandated the Committee to devise a new syllabus for the said course. In plain words, there was no word on what the students will study. <br /><br />Ramachandra Gowda M, Chairman of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Commerce, says he got wind of the matter only on Tuesday. The university’s Academic II Section which devises syllabus and prepares textbooks for all courses shot off a letter to Gowda, asking him to clear the air. A resolution of BU’s Department of English also sought clarity on the matter. <br /><br />Combined work<br /><br />If one believes Gowda, there is no coordination between the Boards of Studies for Commerce and Arts on devising the syllabus. Both the boards should jointly frame the course of study, a norm which is not followed at all. Gowda says the syllabus, whether devised afresh or otherwise, should be approved by BoS for Commerce. Later, it goes to the Faculty of Commerce which forwards it to the Academic Council for ratification.<br /><br />In the academic year 2010-11, third semester BBM and B Com classes had the same syllabus for English. The matter, however, has run into rough weather this year because of the downright sloppiness. <br /><br />According to Gowda, he will write to the university on Thursday and hopes to get it solved in a few days. <br /><br />“Following the due procedure would be difficult. Hence, I’ll request the university to approve the B Com syllabus for BBM as well,” he told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />For the record, BBM, along with Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM), is considered a professional course. That’s why, students study English only in the first two semesters. In the third, they study Business Communication. But this year’s batch simply doesn’t know what it will study, a point Sreedhar makes fervently. <br /><br />Sreedhar says BU will do well to “sort out such issues well in advance” if it means business. “More than anything else, we are intrigued by the lack of clarity on the matter. The authorities talk about following the procedure. But how should we convince the students? Tell me, what they should study?” he said. <br /></p>
<p>Ironically, teachers are equally ignorant about what to teach, and so is the university which has done little to either frame a new syllabus or approve the old one. <br /><br />When classes commenced last Monday, several anxious teachers approached V S Sreedhar, Chairman of the English Textbook Committee for third and fourth semester undergraduate courses, enquiring about the curriculum. Sreedhar, however, was not better informed either as the university had not mandated the Committee to devise a new syllabus for the said course. In plain words, there was no word on what the students will study. <br /><br />Ramachandra Gowda M, Chairman of the Board of Studies (BoS) for Commerce, says he got wind of the matter only on Tuesday. The university’s Academic II Section which devises syllabus and prepares textbooks for all courses shot off a letter to Gowda, asking him to clear the air. A resolution of BU’s Department of English also sought clarity on the matter. <br /><br />Combined work<br /><br />If one believes Gowda, there is no coordination between the Boards of Studies for Commerce and Arts on devising the syllabus. Both the boards should jointly frame the course of study, a norm which is not followed at all. Gowda says the syllabus, whether devised afresh or otherwise, should be approved by BoS for Commerce. Later, it goes to the Faculty of Commerce which forwards it to the Academic Council for ratification.<br /><br />In the academic year 2010-11, third semester BBM and B Com classes had the same syllabus for English. The matter, however, has run into rough weather this year because of the downright sloppiness. <br /><br />According to Gowda, he will write to the university on Thursday and hopes to get it solved in a few days. <br /><br />“Following the due procedure would be difficult. Hence, I’ll request the university to approve the B Com syllabus for BBM as well,” he told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />For the record, BBM, along with Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM), is considered a professional course. That’s why, students study English only in the first two semesters. In the third, they study Business Communication. But this year’s batch simply doesn’t know what it will study, a point Sreedhar makes fervently. <br /><br />Sreedhar says BU will do well to “sort out such issues well in advance” if it means business. “More than anything else, we are intrigued by the lack of clarity on the matter. The authorities talk about following the procedure. But how should we convince the students? Tell me, what they should study?” he said. <br /></p>
