Hyderabad: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has conducted an interactive workshop on ‘Higher Education Leadership and Strategic Approaches to Transforming Teaching and Learning’ in partnership with British Council of India.
Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Navin Mittal, IAS said that there is a need to revise the curriculum of higher education to update the technological know-how. He said that the students have to be well trained to meet the needs of the modern society.
TSCHE Chairman Prof. T. Papi Reddy spoke on the need of improving GER in Telangana state. He also addressed the Vice-Chancellors to ensure the quality of Higher Education and employability of the youth in the state.
The Vice-Chairman, TSCHE, Prof. R. Limbadri spoke on the various issues that are routed in the universities and an immediate need to weed them out.
The two trainees Ms Jo Chaffer, Associate Advance Higher Education and Global Consultant organised the interactive workshop for the Vice-Chancellors, Registrars, Professors, and Principals of the Government Degree Colleges. She derived the need of leadership in the present society and evolved the qualities of an academic leader. She expressed that the leadership is a journey of a thousand steps and each one as yet unknown. She explained that a leader should be relational and is expected to know everything about everyone.
Ms Becky Smith, Associate Director, International Advance Higher Education organized an interactive workshop on Strategic Approaches to Transforming Teaching and Learning. She illustrated the qualities of a good teacher. She focused on teaching strategies and teaching excellence.
