PERCEIVED DEFICIENCIES IN VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM AS REVEALED BY THE STUDENTS
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Date
2017
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Academic and Law Serials
Abstract
A survey was undertaken to assess the perceived deficiencies in Veterinary and
Animal Science Curriculum among students in academic veterinary institutions.
A total of 122 numbers of final year students at each of the four selected
veterinary colleges viz., College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CVASc)
from Uttarakhand, Madras Veterinary College (MVC) from Tamil Nadu, Faculty
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (FVASc) from West Bengal, and Bombay
Veterinary College (BVC) from Maharashtra formed the respondents of this
study. The data were collected personally by using well structured pre tested
questionnaire from the students through open ended questions. Allotment of
more number of days for exam as one of the major deficiencies in the curriculum
expressed by 94 per cent of students followed by coverage of large course
contents in less credit hours (91.80 %), inadequate exposure to clinical cases
of large animals (86.07 %), less hours for clinical ward (81.15 %). About 79
per cent students revealed low/minimum interaction between staff and students,
diflicultly in completion of courses contents due to less number of working days in
a semester (77.87 %), less coverage for poultry science in curriculum (75.41 %)
and inadequate practical exposure during the course of study (72.95 %).
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TNV_2017_1-4
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Veterinary Science