MINUTES OF THE SENATUS DATED 24, JANUARY 2014

AMERICAN COLLEGE: EVOLUTION OR MUTATION? 

Normally academic institutions are said to progress or evolve. Seldom do they mutate. Mutation is not good for academic institutions.

These thoughts came to my mind when I saw the official minutes of the Senatus of the American College announcing that the college is going to start Teacher Training programme. ‘Agenda Introduction of New Courses’ in Page 8 of the minutes reads:

     “…students who aspire for a teaching career may be helped with formal teacher training program leading to additional degree in education in respective field of study…”

Mutation is out of normal logic. The minutes  of the Senatus of 24^th January 2014 says that there were 41 members(Page6&7).But the minutes is signed by 45 members(page2,3&4).I am surprised by the strange logic of getting support from members who never even stated to be members. What Davamani tries to say is that the spirit of supporting an innovative programme is more important than legality.(But some of my former colleagues say that they never even went to the college that day. But I console them saying that the spirit operates in ways we do not understand.)

If my understanding of the proposal is correct, the most intelligent students after three years of liberal arts education will mutate into teacher trainees. God bless!

As far as I know, Principal Davamani is the only soul who has expertise in Education. But he himself  does not fully identify with Education. But he is a famous ‘interdisciplinary’. That is what he tells everybody now when he comes to the court. In the Senatus it is again the love and spirit. We as academicians should not under estimate such ‘boundary crossings’. Mutation will always look illogical. But it is futuristic and can change the course of evolution.

Another mutative anamoly: An academic proposal from the Senatus should go to the Academic Council and the Governing Council for consideration and approval. But it has gone before the High Court inW.P(MD)No.12786 of2013 on 25.03.2014 as additional document. You may now understand the logic of mutation a little more clear.

Well! What would you call this 132 year old college committed to Liberal Christian Higher Education next year? American Teacher training College? Or davamani Training College?

Now a direct question: will anyone of you go to the court to take the bull by the horn?