Beyond measure

As the editorial pointed out, there will be some dimensions that the NIRF rankings may not be able to fully capture (“Measuring excellence”, April 10). One such dimension is the quality of teaching. While we can count the number of papers published and presented, the books written and the seminars organised, there is no tool to determine the communication skills of teachers, their ability to instill in students the need to not passively accept information but question, their ability to encourage participative learning and their willingness to adopt new methods in teaching.

Rameeza A. Rasheed,

Chennai