BEST PRACTISE 1:

TITLE- ADOPTED VILLAGE BY THE NSS TEAM OF THE COLLEGE

OBJECTIVES:

The above practice aims at:

·         Improving the interaction between the neighbouring communities and the College community through NSS volunteers and teachers.

·         Enhancing the inclusive nature of the College by reaching out to the people living on the margins of the locality.

·         Spreading the awareness of health, hygiene, sanitation, and medicine among the older generation of the village by providing new ideas of development to them so that they could pass it on to the next generation.

CONTEXT:

The institution is located in the middle of Tribal Communities of a semi-rural area which requires regular interaction of the College authorities with that of the people residing in these underprivileged villages. Being a higher educational institution, the members of the College consider the development of these communities to be one among their many responsibilities towards the diverse society in which the educational institution is situated. The NSS team was also quite adept in reaching out to the members of the adopted village at the grassroots level and imparting their knowledge to the poorly educated and neglected section of the society and thus becoming agents of improvement of their living conditions. 

THE PRACTICE:

The above-mentioned practise was carried out in the following manners:

• A meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Principal and instructions of the IQAC Co-ordinator before beginning with the course of action.

• Teachers of the Santali department, the entire NSS team with a select number of volunteers came together to implement the idea of an adopted village.

• An entire week was fixed when the programme could be carried out.

• Particular topics were taken up on each day to gradually proceed with the core ideas of introducing the villagers to the importance of clean water, sanitized homes, clean and fresh food, green environment, medicines, vaccinations, education, legal rights etc .

• The NSS Volunteers and their teachers worked hard to make the villagers understand the necessity of using natural purifiers like chlorine for purification and made them realise the importance of boiling water before drinking on the very first day of the event.

• The next day was about preparing the villagers to learn about various kinds of health issues which might be of great concern if not prevented through vaccination particularly for young children and new born children. It was seen in this survey that many villagers were reluctant to pay necessary visits to the local health facilities and depended more on untrained sources of treatment causing great damage to their health.

• Making the villagers come to know about the necessity of sanitized homes through the usage of toilets available either within their homes or within their community was also another issue addressed by our team on the next day.

• The necessity of higher education for their children was also taken up as another topic on one day.

• They were enlightened about the basic human rights available to every citizen of India irrespective of its wide diversity. The teachers also taught them about some basic legal aids that could become their strength after being subjected to any kind of humiliation and oppression or violence in their lifetime.

Evidence of Success:

This practice was highly successful as verbal feedbacks received from the villagers proved it to be so. A few of the villagers were given the contact number of the teachers so that they could contact us whenever needed. They have been sending their children to our college for higher education since our programme was conducted.

     Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

         Language was initially a problem but it was solved with the help of the teachers of the   Santali department. As the institution lacks funds a huge amount of resources could not be relocated to the vicinity of the adopted village but the team was able to perform their best with great diligence and effort.

BEST PRACTISE 2:

TITLE: PARENT-TEACHER MEETING 

OBJECTIVES-

 Since this year was the second academic session for the Semester students, Parent- Teacher meetings were conducted by some of the departments of the institution with the following objectives:

• To inculcate discipline and responsibility among the existing Semester students of the College by letting their parents become aware of the conduct of their wards getting admission to the institution.

• To obtain an increase in the attendance of Students in their classes by intimidating about the attendance scenario of particular students in class.

CONTEXT:

The welfare of any educational institution depends upon the maximum presence of its students in the Campus. It is not possible to think about the success of any curriculum without the active involvement of the primary stakeholders of the educational institution. The students however on receiving some amount of freedom from parental supervision in College choose to exercise their free will by remaining aloof from the regularity of their curriculum which causes great damage to their educational career. Teachers can only mentor the students toward a better life if regularity is maintained by them at all levels. The Parents often remain oblivious to the true colours of their children and a Parent- Teacher meeting was the only way to inform the Parents about the actual conduct of their wards.

THE PRACTICE:

The Parent Teacher meeting was conducted in the following manner:

• The respective departments took the responsibility of notifying the students about the prospect of arranging a Parent Teacher meeting on a pre-scheduled date.

• The Parents were informed about the aims and objectives of the meeting and they were cordially invited to attend the program on the scheduled date.

• The teachers kept the records of the conduct of the departmental students as available from the Attendance registers to produce before the parents. Students having good attendance records were appreciated by the teachers. Parents of students with poor attendance were informed about the irregularity of their wards as this was a consistent problem for most of the departments in the institution.

• The possible reasons for the absence of the students from the College were discussed with great precision. Many parents were not aware of the gross misconduct of their sons and daughters and grew thoughtful about the problem.

• Students also became conscious of the fact that their parents will also be kept informed about their conduct whenever needed.

• The performance of the students in the Final Examination was also analysed with the Parents and various reasons for poor performance came up in this meeting.

• Some students had the problem of supporting their family through early employment due to which they could not give the necessary amount of time in their academics. Some parents were poorly educated and they could not guide their children as desired. A few others seemed to be suffering from the problems of their age which would not allow them to gather the desired amount of motivation for their studies.

• The performance in extracurricular activities was also discussed among the parents and teachers.

• The meeting ended with light refreshments arranged by the institution and with a note of thanks from the Head of the institution and the IQAC Co-ordinator as well.

EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS:

This became one of the best experiences for the institution as it produced a sense of respect and trust among the Parents and the Teachers as it showed that the institution valued the role of the parents as of primary importance even at the higher educational level. The students were sensitized about their conduct to some extent and they promised to become more responsible. Intimacy developed between the concern of the teachers and the problems of the students and the teachers realized the sensitivity of the situation so that they could extend their support wherever needed.

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND RESOURCES REQUIRED:

Resources were readily available at hand and there were no such problems as such which could have hampered the above-mentioned best practise in the academic year of 2018- 2019. A few parents were however unable to attend the program due to some unavoidable circumstances and they were expected to make separate visits to the College according to their convenience.