Rubro - Outcome Based Education
Channel: Shekhar Trivedi
Date: 08/12/2017

Rubro as a software eases out the whole process of implementing OBE and makes the institution, ready for the Accreditation process.    
Rubro has an interactive framework, walking along which the software, the  institution is in the position to build Vision and traversing finally to skilling the student. The Rubro suggests the Programme Educational Objective based on the Vision statement. 
It focuses on -
• What do we want the students to have or be able to do? 
• How can we best help students achieve it? 
• How will we know whether the students have achieved it?
• How do we close the loop for further improvement (Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI))? 
Based on the Programme educational objective the software gives cues about the skills needed to be developed in the students. This all can be – Conceptual skill, Soft skill, Computing skill, Presentation skill etc. These further are embedded in the Courses and the Activities. All clustering together takes the shape of Programme Outcomes (POs). 
The Institute gives the mandate to teachers about the skills needed to be developed. Teacher further customises the course with the help of Course Content and the Pedagogy to build the intended skill set. Institute also takes up certain activities like Students Fest to build organizing skills or may set up Incubation center to build Incubation Centre. 
Benefits of Rubro
• Guides the Institute to create Vision & Mission, vis-a-vis the resources
• Knowing the quantum of Skill-sets needed to achieve PEOs or vice-versa.  
• Assessing and recording the Skill sets to be delivered in form of courses or the activities.
• Creating rubrics to evaluate students on different courses, assignments and the activities.
• Informs in real time the status of skill sets been developed by the students
• Raising the alarm about the deficiency of certain skills in some students and thus taking mid-course correction.