[Assam] Cotton charts new courses - More stress on job-oriented degrees (The Telegraph, 22.04.2008)

[Buljit Buragohain]

        Cotton charts new courses  - More stress on job-oriented degrees 
    A STAFF REPORTER                 Cotton College: Development bound   April 21: Cotton College has introduced several job-oriented courses to meet new challenges in the academic field, changing its track to look beyond the conventional courses.
  College principal Indra Kumar Bhattacharyya said it was time for the premier institution to go for career-oriented courses.
  He said the students were now highly focused on their careers and would not like to sit idle after completing their graduation and post-graduation. 
  The college has introduced a three-year bachelor of computer application course, post-graduate diploma in computer application, diploma in journalism and mass communication, certificate course in Montessori training and diploma in bio-informatics.
  Bhattacharyya said the college had received a huge response to the new courses and was determined to introduce more.
  “We are now ready to introduce a diploma course in cultural studies and a three-year bachelor of bio-technology course. The college will introduce a certificate course of laboratory technology, diploma in tourism studies, MA in tourism management, PG diploma in disaster management, diploma in women’s empowerment and development, PG diploma in rural development, MSc in mathematics with application in computer science, PG diploma in audio programme and diploma in creative writing in English, in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University,” the principal said.
  According to Bhattacharyya, all the courses would be self-financing ones and their successful introduction would help the college mobilise its internal resources to a great extent.
  He said though Cotton College is a government college it would not face any official hassles or formalities in introducing the courses, as the government would not face any financial burden.
  He added that the introduction of the courses would give a new identity to Cotton College. 
  Various departments and their heads are co-ordinating to introduce the courses. 
  Bhattacharyya said the co-operation of the teachers would help introduce the courses successfully and many teachers are already extending their full support. 
  He added that the college would also collaborate with the newly set up Krishna Kanta Handique Open University to introduce job-oriented courses. 
  He said the university has set up a study centre at Cotton College.
   
  (The Telegraph,22.04.2008)
   
   
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