Subject Expert Groups to conduct curriculum gap analysis in public universities

Published 24 July 2026 · india

The State government has constituted Subject Expert Groups to conduct a comprehensive curriculum gap analysis of State public universities against top global universities. Subject Expert

The State government has constituted Subject Expert Groups to conduct a comprehensive curriculum gap analysis of State public universities against top global universities. Subject Expert Groups have been constituted for a total of 29 core academic disciplines, including history, economics, chemistry, computer science, physics, maths, criminology, and astronomy. These groups will study the gaps between State public universities and the curriculum of world-class universities such as Harvard University (U.S.A.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT-U.S.A.), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE-U.K.), Peking University, Beijing (China), Tsinghua University, Beijing (China) and submit a report to the government. Institutional review meetings conducted by the Department of Higher Education with State public universities have highlighted significant structural, thematic, and pedagogical variances between the higher education curricula currently implemented in Karnataka’s universities and those deployed by the world’s top global universities.

In order to systematically identify, quantify and rectify these disparities in the curriculum of State public universities and to align the State’s higher education ecosystem with global standards of excellence, the Department of Higher Education has proposed a rigorous, subject-wise curriculum gap analysis. To execute this mandate effectively, the State government has constituted domain-specific Subject Expert Groups under the aegis of the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC). These Subject Expert Groups will evaluate the curricula subject-wise and submit a granular, data-driven curriculum gap analysis report focusing strictly on eight parameters, including curriculum development approaches in world-class universities, comparative mapping of curriculum content, comparative analysis of curriculum highlights, employability skills in world-class curricula, global teaching and delivery mechanisms versus the Indian system, global benchmarking for Karnataka’s teaching, learning and assessment, and others.

Systematic mapping to identify critical subject matter, core conceptual domains, and current affairs frameworks present in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination syllabus that are currently absent from the State public university syllabi should also be done by these Subject Expert Groups. Speaking to The Hindu, an official of the KSHEC said, “The curriculum currently adopted by our public universities does not meet the current global trends, technological developments, and the needs of industries. If our students want to compete with global challenges, there is a need to make major changes in the curriculum. In this regard, Subject Expert Groups have been constituted to conduct a gap analysis of the curriculum of our State public universities with the curriculum of world-class universities.