Madras univ to have social justice paper in UG courses

Madras univ to have social justice paper in UG courses

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Chennai:16.09.2021

Madras University will introduce social justice as an elective paper in all undergraduate courses from 2022-23 academic year in its affiliated colleges.

A resolution to introduce the course was passed by the Syndicate of Madras University in its meeting held on Tuesday.

“Students will be taught the principles of social justice such as equity, access, diversity and participation during the course.

It will be three credit course and will be taught in a blended mode," said S Gowri, vice-chancellor of Madras University. The course will be taught in both English and Tamil.

The chairperson of board of studies in sociology was asked to prepare a detailed unit-wise syllabus, reference books based on learning outcome based on curriculum framework prescribed by University Grants Commission.

The university also decided to activate the Centre for Research on Dravidian Movement which was established in 2006.

"The state government allotted Rs3 crore to the university. But, the centre has not been active and fund was not utilised. We are planning to start research programmes at the centre," Gowri said.

The university also conducted meeting at the university on Wednesday with the history professors to revive the centre.

The vice-chancellor further said the university will invite reputed industries to jointly develop the courses specialisation in computer science, banking and pharmaceutical and other related areas for the postgraduate programmes based on learning outcome based curriculum framework (LOCF).

The Syndicate also gave its nod to the move for tune the curriculum based on industry needs.