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• Who has prepared Self Appraisal Form

The appraisal form has been prepared by a committee consisting of former vice-chancellors, college principals and education department officials. The panel sought to know from lecturers their education qualification, background etc. to verify these with the credentials furnished at the time of joining the job, and hence put these in the appraisal forms. Among the other heads, the form also seeks info on teaching methods — lectures, interaction, group discussions — and teaching aids that college lecturers practice.

• Permanent record

Higher education sources said filling up appraisal forms were left to the discretion of lecturers for this year. Currently, the idea is allow teachers to acquaint themselves with the ‘self-inspection’ and familiarise themselves with the questions. After it is made compulsory in 2010, the feedback and data will be computerised to serve as a permanent record for use to determine increments and other benefits along with enforcing accountability among the staff.

Lecturers are instructed to hand in the filled up forms to principals after the HoD puts his remarks and grades. Performance will categorised under the heads A, B, C, D where A stands for Very Good, B for Good, C for Average and D for Below Average. Principals will assess the performance reflected in the appraisal and discuss the issues with the lecturer concerned.

• Next, students’ appraisals?

There are about 850 grant-in-aid colleges in the state employing some 10,000 teachers, including lecturers, professors and principals. Sources said UGC has also recommended that students’ appraisals be taken to know how college lecturers teach.

• Performance check
  
  1. Leave record
  2. Refresher courses undergone
  3. Research activities undertaken
• Teaching Methods
  1. Whether restricted to just lectures
  2. Any interactive sessions with students
  3. Group discussions with students
  4. Projects
  5. Q&A sessions
• Teaching aids
  1. Explaining through maps, graphs
  2. Multimedia tools used
  3. Computer Aided Learning

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