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IIT is starting a pilot project to train faculties in engineering colleges in India with the opportunity to earn a degree without joining the premier technical education institute or leaving his or her job.
Recently, numerous engineering colleges hired fresh engineers as faculty due to the shortage of faculty. However, these graduates are not trained to educate and lack the skill required to inspire students towards research resulting to poor quality of engineers. 
In order to eliminate this problem, the government is set to introduce a new part-time Masters' degree in Engineering Education which will be conducted by the IITs. The main objective of the programme will be to focus on research aspects of engineering rather than just clearing the examination.
In a statement given by the planning committee headed by Department of Higher Education secretary Vibha Puri Das, to Hindustan Times, the degree intended for faculty from engineering colleges will be delivered online, through live video lectures the National Knowledge Network. The teaching for the course will be carried out in the evening and during weekends and thus enabling participants to continue their normal teaching duties.
The government estimates an overall 30,000 faculty members (approx.) to be trained in the 12th five-year plan which is commencing from April 2012. In addition to this, the government is also planning to introduce a new three year programme leading to a dual Masters Degree comprising an M.Tech and a Masters degree in educational skills and pedagogy. The course is intended to encourage IIT postgraduates to take up teaching profession in engineering colleges.
In 2007-2008, an increase in the number of students in technical education in India from less than a million to over two millions was witnessed. The dual degree programme is designed to meet the increasing demand for engineering faculty which is speculated to rise by 70% by 2020. The sole purpose of the pilot project to train faculties in engineering colleges is to ensure the employability of future students. (Read more...)
