The admission process for the Polytechnic Diploma studies it the state with 8 newly added courses in emerging areas and new C20 curriculum (revamped curriculum) of the earlier existed courses was inaugurated on Thursday.
The Minister for Higher Education, Dr.C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, who inaugurated said, these steps are taken with a focus on increasing the employability of students and to align the courses with NSQF (National Skill Qualification Framework) and global standards to suit the current developments and demands.
The 8 new Diploma programs offered by DTE (Dept. of Technical Education) in emerging areas include Alternative Energy Technologies, Cyber security, Food Processing & Preservation, Travel & Tourism (including logistics management), Cloud Computing & Big Data, Automation & Robotics, Direction, screen play writing and TV production, Cyber physical systems & Security and these are being introduced in the colleges at Gouribidanuru, Shiralakoppa, Kudligi, Rabakavi, Banahatti, Aurad, SJ Polytechnic of Bengaluru, Chennagiri, Koppa, Honnali and Kapu (Udupi) he informed.
Besides the newly added, 33 courses exist in the Polytechnic Diploma. Apart from this in the 3rd year, specialization pathways will be provided in 12 subjects which include Data Science, AI & ML, Power Engineering, Renewable Energy, Industrial Automation & Industrial Electrician, Structural Engineering, Sustainable Built Environment; Infrastructure Engineering; Net zero Buildings, IoT, VLSI and Embedded System, PCB Design & Fabrication and Medical Electronics, Narayana explained.
The admission process has also been changed to enable students walk into nearby Polytechnic and seek admission into the course of their interest. Except for the select 26 Polytechnics (out of the total 87 govt. polytechnics) where merit based admissions are offered, students can walk into the remaining Polytechnics and get admitted on the first-cum-first basis into programs of their choice.
Further he told, “DTE has desingned new courses and new C20 curriculum after extensive consultations with industry, academia, alumni and government. In addition to this cues from the Diploma courses in countries like Germany, Newzealand, Australia, Singapore have been adapted.”
Polytechnic Studies has been facilitated with LMS to enable access to learning from anywhere & at anytime. This helps students to assess themselves continuously and to apply corrective action. Polytechnics are equipped with Smart classrooms to facilitate digital learning in classrooms, he explained.
The minister also expressed hope there would be increase in number of admissions to the Polytechnic Diploma courses in the current year.
On the occasion, newly designed logo of the State Polytechnic and a promotional video were launched. A state level Diploma admission prospectus was also released.
G. Kumar Naik, ACS , Dept. of Higher Education, Pradeep P, The Commissioner, DCTE (Department of Collegiate and Technical Education) and Manjunatha R, Director, DTE, Y N Doddamani and Asst. Director, DTE were present.
