Friday, April 9, 2010

Curriculum of Design Education

The process of learning is quite important in a student's life. In fact the current design schools in India, boast of having the best taught syllabus and methodologies. The students taken-in for these academics are with a background of various disciplines. These students would have thought that design is a fascination and would help them become big and a name can be earned.Soon, they realize that its not their 'piece of cake'. They hardly have knowledge on engineering of the products. They are in dilemma that they have ended up in a wrong path. The money invested in the same education, they could have done an engineering degree.

Industrial Design, the curriculum of this particular facet of design can be enhanced with certain relevant subjects of engineering. Exploring more on this, the syllabus can be more appropriate and more fun instead of the routine methodological being taught as of today. The strings have to be added and refurbished not just taken for existence, they have to be changed if needed. The idea of changing a certain existing thing is not an easy process either. A lot of research goes into the exercise, treat it with a methodological approach. Understanding the certainty of the changed syllabus and its importance of being introduced has to be proven.

Indian education system has been reviving for sometime and hope the ministry would give better systems of future education options.The advising committee must be looking at different options. We have 10+X+N , where X = 2 or 3 and N is the graduation years. However, +2 or +3 plays an important role and deciding factor currently in India. The students doing their diploma are more important. They are introduced to engineering at a very young age. Its shall be good that these students can be explored, more to new subjects and electives can be introduced.The strings I have mentioned earlier could fall somewhere here. And I shall be introducing these strings soon for the future, Design - India.