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“Engineering college faculty not satisfactory”

Staff Reporter

Tiruchi Anna varsity V-C voices concern about dearth of experienced teachers

Survey finds 99 per cent of teachers are below 30 years of age
Wireless links with the Internet would enhance their lifestyle

CHENNAI: The State has more than 270 technical institutions, and the government proposes to start six more engineering colleges. Forty-five self-financing colleges have also been proposed, but the faculty in the institutions are not satisfactory, V. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Tiruchi, said on Saturday.

He was speaking at the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day celebrations organised by the Chennai Centre of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers.

A survey conducted in the existing institutions found that 99 per cent of the teachers were below 30 years of age, and none was aged above 55, he said, voicing concern over the dearth of experienced teachers.

He urged the members to adopt an institution and provide their expertise to institutions in rural areas, especially where there were not enough experienced staff. He called for full use of technology that would make it accessible through electronic resources and science laboratories to disabled persons.

‘Adopt proactive policy’

Adopting a proactive policy to popularising telecommunication networks was the only way to enhance the lifestyle of the disabled persons, said scientist Mohan Sundara Rajan. Wireless links with the Internet would enhance their lifestyle. Warming up to the theme, ‘Connecting persons with disabilities: information and communication technology opportunities for all,’ he said that in a country where more than 55 per cent of the disabled were illiterate and 60 per cent immobile, the mobile phone would greatly improve the quality of their life.

City-wide wi-fi blanket

A city-wide wi-fi blanket providing free access to the internet would be in order.

V. Velayutham, director and superintendent of the Government Eye Hospital, Egmore, and Jaya Krishnaswamy, director, Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children, spoke.

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