PANAJI
Goa University VC Varun Sahni had announced the decision while speaking at the 29th annual convocation ceremony on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter to voice his anguish over the decision, Chodankar said, “It’s not a good idea to have CBCS at Goa University without resolving defects. No two universities can have common syllabus. It kills creativity, promotes private universities as there is no compulsion of CBCS. It destroys the idea of university. How can 430 universities have a common syllabus? Please check why Delhi University has 7,000 vacant seats.”
Speaking to The Goan from New Delhi, Chodankar said, “The GU needs to study the campuses where CBCS has been implemented and understand the flaws of that system. The threat of privatization and commercialization of the entire education system is inherent in that model.”
With the private universities continuing to remain outside the gambit of CBCS, they will have full freedom to decide their courses, Chodankar stated. He insisted that allowing the private universities to flourish at the cost of state-sponsored universities exposes the hidden agenda of the government.
“While they make money, lower economic strata will find it increasingly difficult to afford good educational courses. CBCS looks attractive but is very poisonous at the onset,” he warned.
The AICC secretary drew a parallel between universities and scientific laboratories. “Can all the laboratories in the country be ordered to undertake the same experiment? Universities are similar in nature and each campus attempts to devise a different syllabus adding to the ongoing research in various fields,” he pointed out.
Reduction in the total number of subjects, job insecurity for the faculty members, difficulty in securing admissions owing to the grade system, loss of control over syllabus formation with central agencies deciding 70 per cent of the matter and complete freedom of choice to the private universities are some of the prominent loopholes in CBCS, according to Chodankar.
