ISLAMABAD, May 26: The National Curriculum Review Committee (NCRC) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has finalized the curriculum of Aerospace/ Avionics Engineering to be taught at public and private universities at graduate and post-graduate levels.
In this regard, a three-day meeting of the NCRC concluded at HEC regional centre, Peshawar, said and official statement. After discussing different aspects of the curriculum at length, the NCRC prepared a final draft of the curriculum of the discipline.
The NCRC also reviewed the recommendations and suggestions received from all the public sector universities where Aerospace/Avionics Engineering is being taught. The final draft of the curriculum prepared by the committee would be sent to all the universities of the country for implementation according to their set procedures.
The NCRC suggested that the recommended core courses should be made compulsory in all universities and a set of elective courses may be chosen to fulfil the complete curriculum requirement.
Universities may introduce additional elective subjects to meet their requirements on the recommendations of their board of studies. The committee was of the view that most of the public sector universities/colleges, laboratories needed improvements.
The education in the field of engineering, particularly in Aerospace/Avionics Engineering cannot be imparted without practical experiments and hands-on practices. Special attention and additional funds should be provided to equip the laboratories as for core subjects, laboratory work is deemed absolutely essential.
The committee felt that there was an urgent need to commence a Teachers Training Programme to assimilate modern technologies and for the enhancement of instructional methodologies, so trained and qualified manpower should be inducted on emergency basis to overcome the faculty shortage.
