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[Shivam Agrawal]

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ZHCES Seminar Series

TOPIC:

Student Diversity and Learning Crisis in Indian Higher Education

SPEAKER:

Dr. C. M. Malish

Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE), National
Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New
Delhi

About the Speaker: C. M. Malish is an Assistant Professor at the
Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE), National
Institute of Educational
Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi.  He holds a PhD in
Sociology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.  He has
recently completed
a large scale national level study on “Diversity and Discrimination in
Higher Education in India”. He is currently leading a national level
study on “Student
Success and Social Mobility”. He is the co-editor of the Book titled
“India Higher Education Report 2016: Equity” published by Sage in
2018. His teaching
and research interest includes issues of access, equity, student
diversity, student success and institutional culture in higher
education and qualitative
and mixed method research. He is a member of editorial board of
Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA) and
co-editor of CPRHE Research
Paper Series.

Abstract:  Massified higher education system in India is associated
with increasing student diversity in campuses. Increasing number of
non-traditional
learners such as students from lower socio-economic backgrounds,
government schools and schools located in remote regions and schools
following regional
language as the medium of instruction and first generation learners
are enrolled in higher education.  This paper is based on large scale
study carried
out in 12 higher education institutions located in six states in
India. Empirical evidences from the study suggest that there are
variations in academic
competencies and competency in the language used as medium of
instruction among student body and current class rooms and teaching
learning practices are
unable to address learning requirements of diverse student body.
Therefore larger share of non-traditional learners are deprived of
opportunities to succeed
in studies and develop necessary competencies to compete in labour
market. This scenario leads to a learning crisis in Indian higher
education. In order
to overcome emerging learning crisis, attention is required to develop
and promote inclusive class room and teaching learning practices and
empathetic
teaching community. This necessitates a revisit and revision of the
ongoing pedagogical methods and tools and proper orientation of
teachers to the changing
class room environment

DATE: 28th August, 2019 (Wednesday)

TIME: 3:30 pm

Room No. 207, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES II

(All are Welcome)



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Regards
Shivam Agrawal
Doctoral scholar
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies
School of Social sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-10067
Phone: 08960499839