State General Education Profile

1. State General Education Profile Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

2. Department Profile Deals with the administration of 255 Government and 179 Private Aided Degree Colleges in the State Headed by the Commissioner of Collegiate Education Assisted by five Regional offices (Regional Joint Directors) Rajahmundry Guntur Kadapa Warangal Hyderabad Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

3. Course wise students’ strength Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

6. CCE: Existing Initiatives-1 MANA TV: ICT enabled learning resource JKC: Students' Employability enhancement initiative ELF: English Language Fellow ELL: English Language Labs NAAC : Quality enhancement and sustenance Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

7. Recent Initiatives-Contd..2 Academic Audit Gap observed: Absence of a mechanism To assess quality of delivery of services at institutions To provide requisite inputs to the faculty to enable them improve quality of curriculum transaction Innovative Practice launched Academic Audit Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

8. Recent Initiatives-Contd..2 Academic Audit Challenges Faced Faculty resistance due to misconception of the practice as infringement on their autonomy Limited coverage of Colleges due to involvement of only members of Academic Cell Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

9. Recent Initiatives-Contd..2 Academic Audit Strategy Adopted to Overcome the Challenges Involved senior faculty in the process of conducting the audit rather than member of Academic Cell Out come Could scale up the coverage of Colleges from 33 to 250 Could change the perception of the faculty from that of a practice to monitor their activities to that of helping them improve their capabilities to deliver services. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

10. Recent Initiatives-Contd..3 Academic Calendar Gap Observed: Lack of Common schedule of activities Innovative Practice Academic Calendar Out come: Effective conduct of academic activities Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

11. Recent Initiatives-Contd..4 Women Empowerment Cell Women constitute around 50% of students and staff Gap of a specific platform to discuss, represent & redress women grievances A channel to bring issues to the notice of authorities Initiative: Setting up of Women Empowerment Cell Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

12. Recent Initiatives-Contd..5 Residential Government Degree Colleges Gaps Observed: Low GER of SC & ST in higher education Lack of access to higher education Lack of supporting system to complete studies Response: Proposed for establishment of Residential Degree Colleges for SC & ST Achievement: 3 Social Welfare Residential Govt., Degree Colleges for Women Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

13. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Gap Observed: Deficit of ethical content in curriculum Context: Decline of moral and ethical values in the society Response: Introduction of a foundation course in Human Values and Professional Ethics at UG and PG level Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

14. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Objective: To produce student Responsible to contribute to moral health of society Who has deep understanding of one’s self and respect for tolerance in a diverse society like India Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

15. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Selection of Course Content: IIIT, Hyderabad has been implementing the course titled “Foundation Course in Human Values and Professional Ethics” since 2005. Initially the course was designed and launched by IIIT, Kanpur Adopted by IIIT, Hyderabad and later by Panjab University & UP University. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

16. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Text Book for Students Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

17. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Teacher’s Manual Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

18. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Process followed in Adopting the Course Content: Proposal to Adopt the Course: Workshop with the select Principal's was convened on 20.4.2013 to examine the content and offer suggestions. The proposal was approved by the Vice-Chancellors in a meeting convened on 27.4.2013 by the APSCHE. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

19. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Target: To introduce and effectively implement the course in all higher education institutions in the state. Action Plan: Training teachers in the content and create a pool of teachers to handle the course To devise and set up a mechanism to monitor implementation of the course. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

20. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training requisite number of Teachers: Objective: Training teachers in the content and create a pool of teachers to handle the course in all Colleges and Universities. Method Adopted: Creating a pool of Master trainers who in turn train teachers at district-level trainings. The Master trainer will be trained by the Human Values Cell, IIIT, Hyderabad. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

21. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training Programmes Conducted-1: Three-day orientation programme for ID College Principals from 02.5.2013 to 04.50.2013 at IIIT, Hyderabad. Five-day Master Trainers Training Programme was conducted for 70 teachers from Govt., and Aided Colleges from 20.5.2013 to 24.5.2013 at IIIT, Hyderabad. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

22. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training Programmes Conducted-2: Five-day Master Trainers Training Programme was conducted for 46 teachers from Govt., and Aided Colleges from 20.5.2013 to 24.5.2013 at SAPNET Studio. (The programme was live telecast through Mana TV so as to enable all the teachers participate in the programme) Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

23. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training Programmes Conducted-3: One-day Workshop through Video conference was organized on 25.5.2013. The course content and mode of implementation of the course was discussed with the Principals of Govt., Aided and Un-aided Colleges in the state. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

24. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training Programmes Conducted-4: Eight-day Advanced Master Trainers Training Programme was conducted from 22nd to 29th June, 2013 at IIIT, Hyderabad. 30 select master trainers from Colleges and 33 faculty from 17 state universities took part in the training programme. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

25. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Training Programmes Conducted-5: Three-day district-level training Programmes were conducted by Advanced Master trainers for teachers from Govt., Aided & Unaided teachers. 8th to 10th July: 591 Teachers were trained 15th to 17th July: 846 Teachers were trained 22nd to 24th July: 814 Teachers were trained Total Trained: 2251 Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

26. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Mechanism for Implementation-1 State-level Advisory Committee comprising academicians, administrators to guide implementation. Value Education Cell at CCE District Value Education Cell Value Education Cell at College Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

27. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Mechanism for Implementation-2 Incentivizing the best performers: By giving credits to the best Value Education Cell in Academic Festival organized by the department. Credits will be given to teachers engaged in value education cell during transfers, State Teacher Awards and Academic festival. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

28. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Human Values and Professional Ethics Mechanism for Implementation-3 Creating ICT enabled platform: Google messenger group has been created with all the resource persons, Master trainers, Teachers to interact, exchange opinions & views. A drop was created in the department website www.appcce.gov.in to place all the relevant material and provide an easy access. Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

29. Recent Initiatives-Contd..6 Residential Government Degree Colleges Gaps Observed: Low GER of SC & ST in higher education Lack of access to higher education Lack of supporting system to complete studies Response: Proposed for establishment of Residential Degree Colleges for SC & ST Achievement: 3 Social Welfare Residential Govt., Degree Colleges for Women Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad

30. Thank You Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, A.P., Hyderabad