Manipal, November 23 - MUSHROOMING school management, the dependence on Western models, without relevance of education for Indian conditions and Faculty inexperienced in most B-schools came to the discussion in a workshop on the theme “Management Education: Quality and Competitiveness”, organised by the Manipal Institute of Management as part of the “Bremen meets Manipal” program Bremen University of Applied Science in Manipal recently.

Ting Presenting a paper on “Management Education: Issues and Challenges”, Dr Francis Cherunilam the School of Management Studies of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, said that the number of private-B, the only recognized school by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) rose from 30 in 1990 to 500 in 2000. Although the spread of the Management Institute at random was bad for health and, to some degree, it has many facets and dimensions healthy too.

On the lack of faculty of management, he said a lot of teachers, newly established firms, B-schools are graduates of MBA from sub-standard, not institutions proper management of education.

Limited exposure of students to real situations industry is a general weakness in the management of training, he said.

Dr Cherunilam proposed that AICTE and the University Grants Commission must set a higher standard in terms of faculty and B of the infrastructure for schools. Affiliated B-schools wishing to attain high stature and status should be autonomous and dynamic, he added.

Prof. N. Divakar Rao, Head of the Section of Management Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shimoga, in a speech on the “renovation: the need of the hour rejuvenation management training in India,” said management of schools should focus on producing Manager globally competitive, companies are working effectively and to become familiar with the challenges of the Indian economy and industry.

According to him, the greatest weakness of the Indian management training is the inability for the benefits of the cultural heritage of India and develop a curriculum for the Indian context. Very few efforts are being made, the development of teaching methods and materials of direct interest to the Indian world affairs. Indian management of the education system depends on Western equipment for teaching, without verification of their relevance to the objectives, needs and problems faced by the leaders of the Indian society.

He believes it is necessary for persons industrial context for academics.

The assertion that management training has been the greatest importance to industry and marketing, he said of the small and medium industry have failed to find a place in management training. To control laws like mushrooms in the basement of the management of training, standards and regulatory mechanisms at the request of the infrastructure and development of the faculty and cooperation with schools in B abroad could contribute to the quality of management training, “said Prof. Rao