Re: ilugc Digest, Vol 51, Issue 16

Dear Friends,
 
This is in reply to the below contents-
 
we want to re-orient the syllabus - that is the goal of NRC-FOSS, and the
> big stumbling block are the lecturers. Management want it, students want it,
> but lecturers are blocking it. So we are trying to get a few lecturers
> excited about foss - and very very few of these ever write code.

 
In my college, its the reverse, the faculty is highly qualified to take up FOSS related subjects and
management is also interested but it is the students who is not selecting the elective paper(democracy
followed in choosing elective). I tried last year to take this elective paper but the student community
prefer data mining & datawarehouse. Reason not because of interest but because 1) Easy to clear  2) Local
author books aka guide books available 3) Notion that anything related to Linux is difficult.
 
In fact I corrected anna university FOSS elective paper. I found the syllabi good and the recommended
textbook is also of good quality.
 
Need of the hour is not only awareness among faculties but with students also.
 
bye,
Benedict J.N.
Lecturer

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Subject: ilugc Digest, Vol 51, Issue 16