Advantages

The major advantages of the MPEC system over the present system are as follows:-

1. The students will be able to schedule their individual paths of study according to their needs, interests, aptitude and their qualifications.

2. Since the students will be involved in the decision making process in the course selection at each stage they will have greater motivation and psychological satisfactions.

3. Students can complete the programmes at their own pace. Brighter students need not wait for the under achievers to catch up. This would decrease the average time period required for the completion of the diploma and hence the overall efficiency of the system.

4. The in-built flexibility permits of easy catering to the changing and diversified manpower needs. The programmes therefore provides for the multiple options catering to a spectrum of occupation within and across the discipline.

5. The concept of pass/fail will give place to be accumulation of credits by individual depending on their capability, thereby promoting competition and reducing frustration.

6. Some of the critical courses in which student do not normally acquire credits can be offered in both semesters. Students, not making the grades in such subjects will not have to waste a semester.

7. Majority of entrants to polytechnics mainly comprise of High School 10+ and 10+2 students. Within these broad categories also there are variations. eg. 10+ certificate holders (K.G.C), 10+ Technical (T.H.S), 10+2(Arts/Science/Commerce/ Vocational) etc. This system will enable the 10+2 students to complete the diploma programmes in two to two and half years enhancing the overall efficiency of the system. High School achievers will complete the programme faster. Hence the system will have potential to absorb larger student populations in required areas.

8. In such subjects, in which the students fail to earn credits, they will have options either to reroute their programmes of re-register in the same course without wasting lot of time as is prevalent in the existing system of fail or pass in a semester. Hence such students also will be allowed to complete the diploma in a shorter period of time.

9. The system allows for introduction of new courses at different levels to enable the students to take specialized and advanced courses and also to keep alert with the development in the industry and emerging technologies.

10. At present lot of time is taken for the conduct of examinations and also the declarations of the results. The time could be saved to a considerable extent through coursewise announcement at the Polytechnic at the same time continuing with the current procedures. The time saved could be utilized for instructions.

11. Programme could easily to tuned to cater to the diversified needs of the industry.

12. This system would facilitate the provisions of horizontal mobility between programmes, and introduction of the courses in high technology areas in addition to the Diploma programme. At a later stage opportunities could easily be provided to personnel in the industry to update their knowledge and skills.