Challenging the administration to implement problem-based learning in the undergraduate engineering curriculum

Stakeholders in engineering education should change the learning paradigm from a teacher-centred to a student-centred approach. Experience gained in teaching automatic control, mechanical engineering orientation, machine language, engineering orientation and technical drawing has given the author confidence that changing the approach, enhances the quality of learning as well as rewards the instructor with greater professional fulfilment. Unfortunately changes made so far 'here and there' in the educational programs are not enough to secure full conformity with present requirements of the real engineering practice. Suggestions are made to improve the curricula as a whole in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and control system engineering with the hope that we will be soon witness more administrators encouraging changes in teaching approach.