Polytechnic syllabus to focus on innovation, entrepreneurship

CHENNAI: The syllabus for polytechnic curriculum will be updated from the impending academic year (2023-24) to make students industry ready and more employable.

As part of the new syllabus, DoTE has established five entrepreneurship development hubs in five polytechnic colleges in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Innovative Institute (EDII), Chennai. They will offer 26 programmes related to entrepreneurship development and innovation programmes.

According to the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE), inputs from industry experts and from Tamil Nadu Guidance Bureau have been taken into account to redesign and reform the polytechnic curriculum. “With the advancement in technology, there is a change in industry requirements. The need is for skill-based talents to bridge the industry-academic gap. Keeping these factors in mind, new age courses like mechatronics, diploma in logistics technology and diploma in automobile engineering have been introduced,” said the DoTE official.