Now Panjab University students to give feedback about their teachers

Amid heated arguments and objection by senators, the Senate meeting of the Panjab University (PU), held Sunday, finally decided to have teachers evaluation system by students based on feedback.

The recommendation for the evaluation system provided for students with 75 per cent attendance to give their feedback on the teachers.

On this occasion PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover said that this could be implemented as a form of guidelines. A performa will be made for this system and the said performa would have slabs related to attendances.

“If PU wants to be at par with its top peer institutes we need to have this system. All good engineering colleges and IITs have teacher feedback system. Students come and go, but teachers remain there. Teachers should not be afraid of it,” the V-C added.

Grover clarified that it will be feedback system not evaluation. However, Senator S S Sangha apprised the House that feedback is also part of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection criteria.

Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) president Mohammad Khalid shared that this system was brain child of student organisations, PUTA and many other agencies. “Teachers are not afraid of this system. However, it should be purely feedback system and no academic committee should be involved to evaluate the feedback,” he added.