<p>A Kirori Mal College teacher, Rudrashish Chakraborty, turned down the Delhi University’s award on the 92nd Foundation Day, citing flawed feedback mechanism to rate teachers. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He is one of the 39 teachers who were shortlisted for the Teacher Excellence Awards for receiving high rating from the students. <br /><br />In his letter to theuniversity administration, Chakraborty alleged that the teaching excellence awards have been instituted by the university to promote the newly launched four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), especially the foundation courses.<br /><br />“The feedback mechanism should be based on feedback from other students and colleagues,” he added, arguing that the ‘arbitrary’ feedback would vitiate the academic environment. <br /><br />“My engagement with the first year students of my college is not only confined to my own discipline, that is, English, but also only the teaching of Discipline 1 papers: a nondescript feat clearly out of sync with the global standards aspired by our University,” he said in an email to the university. <br /><br />Chakraborty in his letter also expressed fear that flawed feedback mechanism might be detrimental to teachers’ promotion. <br /><br />He said that the English department of Kirori Mal College has a developed an informal mechanism of student feedback over the last many years, which includes ‘detailed and informed’ feedback from the undergraduate and postgraduate students registered with us. <br /><br />“I don’t understand what separates me from other teachers,” Chakraborty said.On Thursday, however, the university in a programme at the convention hall went on to recognise excellence in teaching and public service. Former teacher and eminent jurist, P P Rao, was conferred the ‘Nishtha Dhritih Satyam Samman’, the newly created highest award of the university, for his exceptional achievements and services to the University of Delhi.<br /><br />The university also unveiled a statute of Mahatma Gandhi and launched its smart new website on the occasion. <br /></p>
<p>A Kirori Mal College teacher, Rudrashish Chakraborty, turned down the Delhi University’s award on the 92nd Foundation Day, citing flawed feedback mechanism to rate teachers. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He is one of the 39 teachers who were shortlisted for the Teacher Excellence Awards for receiving high rating from the students. <br /><br />In his letter to theuniversity administration, Chakraborty alleged that the teaching excellence awards have been instituted by the university to promote the newly launched four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), especially the foundation courses.<br /><br />“The feedback mechanism should be based on feedback from other students and colleagues,” he added, arguing that the ‘arbitrary’ feedback would vitiate the academic environment. <br /><br />“My engagement with the first year students of my college is not only confined to my own discipline, that is, English, but also only the teaching of Discipline 1 papers: a nondescript feat clearly out of sync with the global standards aspired by our University,” he said in an email to the university. <br /><br />Chakraborty in his letter also expressed fear that flawed feedback mechanism might be detrimental to teachers’ promotion. <br /><br />He said that the English department of Kirori Mal College has a developed an informal mechanism of student feedback over the last many years, which includes ‘detailed and informed’ feedback from the undergraduate and postgraduate students registered with us. <br /><br />“I don’t understand what separates me from other teachers,” Chakraborty said.On Thursday, however, the university in a programme at the convention hall went on to recognise excellence in teaching and public service. Former teacher and eminent jurist, P P Rao, was conferred the ‘Nishtha Dhritih Satyam Samman’, the newly created highest award of the university, for his exceptional achievements and services to the University of Delhi.<br /><br />The university also unveiled a statute of Mahatma Gandhi and launched its smart new website on the occasion. <br /></p>