Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Why FFCS..?



Until now it has been all about

* What is F.F.C.S?

* How it is effectively implied in V.I.T?

* What are its glitches?

* How to get yourself a smart and efficient timetable in the system?

    Well that maybe quite enough but one thing that is still left out is the answer to the question "Why F.F.C.S?",,, I  mean - why the change ?... What was wrong with our old and conventional system?

     Before I give the answers let me tell you that when I searched for the synonyms of the word "traditional", I came across many words: old, legendary, historical, handed down, customary, conventional, long-standing, established, correct, proper, etc. All these words (except the last two, perhaps!) could define our present system. Our present educational system is much like a Nazi system....in which there are a predefined steps to follow making it totally monotonous or may I say boring, but the most important point which has been missing in it which ultimately led to the change is the inability of the current system to inculcate a sense of responsibility in students. I know it do sounds weird but it totally makes sense. Present day students like to make decisions on their own and plan their future by themselves. Now if you go out and ask a student (not from VIT)..."which course are you planning to take in your next semester and why", he will be like "What!"  It’s obvious when you are not allowed to choose what to do you simply don't care to think what to do next. The one who is responsible here to decide and implement the order and choice of courses is the university. Just as Atlas bore the earth and the heavens on his back, the university here bears the burden on its shoulders and we end up merely reacting to the given directions. So a change is needed, even the dictionary suggests it.

    On the other side FFCS is a system which focuses on the interests of a student regarding choosing their career oriented subjects in each semester. It offers a student the subjects which he/she wants to pursue in the future. It gives an edge over others by excelling in what you desire to be in future and hence it is a way better than following the same dull algorithm to pass college.

Now talking about the glitches as mentioned before are many but the major ones are:

* First come first serve --   If you have the registrations late, hardly any seats are available in the slot preferred by you for that subject.

* Unknown teachers -- How to find out which teacher is better on the day of registrations?


           The best solution suggested could be to overcome  the  less faculty to student ratio,  since the ratio of faculty to student  is very less ,after every FFCS   each student bring forth his/her own problem of either not getting their subjects or the faculty they penchant. To overcome the less  “ faculties to student” ratio, the management should try to increase not only the number of slots but also the no. of seats under a faculty. But for the second problem there is no so straight forward and simple answer .......in V.I.T.  we sort that out with the help of our seniors and anti-ragging environment here makes it a cakewalk.


        Finally when it comes to conclusion, FFCS may not be as flexible as it sounds but from the above I believe it’s quite clear that it's much better than the conventional one. It’s a new innovation in the education system and it needs modifications. Yeah....it’s not perfect but it’s the better.....and in this world rotating on its tilted axis nothing can be perfect but better.

   I hope you have gained something. Please do share your thoughts and queries in comments below and thank you for following from the blog.

-Post Courtesy
Akash Singh

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  2. I would like to bring out some other advantages of the FFCS system.They are
    1:Choice in the selection of courses
    2:Choice in timings for the selected course
    3:Choice in the number of courses for each
    semester
    4:Ample opportunities to do inter-disciplinary courses
    5:Balanced curriculum with engineering,humanities,science and management courses
    6:It's also soft on slow learners as it provides important/common courses in all semesters.
    7:Also provides an opportunity of altering course plan each semester depending on the students academic ability

    Though it may have some drawbacks it's much better than the conventional system since it provides very little flexibility to the students in choosing the courses of their liking and helps little in becoming a well rounded person.

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