EPR AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

The recent transformations of higher education system in Indian context, concerns the thinking modern business requirements and sustainable development. Since, many higher educational institutions are employing novel techniques and tools from business sector to meet the requirements of modern management with the aim of mirroring academia to industry. The thought of Re-engineering in education consists of instructional systems with learning experiences as well as governance and support systems. The existing concept of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) is being practiced as a successful tool in many business organizations with periodical processes evaluation from supplier to customer, and restructuring systems. The Companies use BPR to reduce costs, cycle time and to improve total quality and customer satisfaction. This paper explores the use of adopting BPR into Higher Educational Institutions as a novel approach, to look after functionalities in each process, and named it as Education Process Re-engineering (EPR). And the purpose depends on expectations and focuses on the end user adeptness and gain competitive advantage. Because Career Vision of the student before embarking on higher education may be different from what a student achieves after the course. This paper also showcases the various metrics which are created and evaluated for academic purposes to enhance the quality of teaching –learning pedagogy