Best Practice
Best Practice - I
Title Of Practice : Organizing No Vehicle Day every month
Objectives
- To create awareness about the environmental impact of emission of vehicles.
- To encourage students the use of alternative modes of transportation and foster a sense of ecological balance.
- To make students healthy and happy.
- To sensitize the students towards importance of sustainable development, environmental education and healthy life style.
- To contribute in unfavorable effects of climate changing.
The Context
Environmental pollution, Global warming and Climate Change are challenges to human society. It is imperative for colleges to lead by examples, to preach through practice. No vehicle Day is celebrated on first Saturday every month in our college campus, is a proactive step towards mitigating air pollution, promoting use of eco-friendly transportation and encouraging healthy life-style. We try to make all students ecologically conscious of challenges and responsibilities to solve the problems of environmental concern.
Practice
Our college has a separate cycle stand for bicycles to make cycling a convenient and safe option. We encourage students to use mass transportation services like-train, bus, autorickshaw, jeep. We educate students on environmental pollution, sustainable development, healthy life style and environmental education. We highlight the impact of vehicular emission on environment and benefits of sustainable transportations. Every first Saturday of every month teachers, supporting staffs and students are encouraged to use eco-friendly modes of transport like bicycle, battery driven bike etc.
Evidence of Success
The celebration of No Vehicle Day has been a significant reduction in the number of vehicles on campus on first Saturday of every month. On that day motorbikes, cars etc. are not allowed to enter into college campus. This practice has not only lowered our Carbon footprint, but also instilled a sense of eco-consciousness and healthy habits among students, teachers and supporting staffs. We have reports and Geo-tagged photos in a separate register maintained by a teacher with suitable documentation.
Major Outcomes
- It reduces air pollution
- It reduces traffic congestion
- It educates about environmental and health benefits of sustainable transportation
- It promotes healthy habits, sustainability and ecological consciousness
Problems encountered and Resources Required
- For distant students coming more than 10 k.m. far from college, cycling is not suitable, particularly for girl students.
- Public transport is rarely available in village areas.
- We have a small cycle stand. We need to construct a large cycle stand in college campus.
- More funds should be allocated for this purpose.
Best Practice - II
Title Of Practice : Special Free Ship Scheme
Objectives
- To promote academic excellence, encourage talent, and provide financial support to students who face financial difficulties in accessing higher education.
- To ensure that no student of the college is forced to leave his/her education due to financial constraints and distance from the college.
The Context
As most of the students of the college belong to economically weaker sections of society, they face problems in paying house rent, exams, form-filling fees, books, and other contingencies. Our college free ship committee provides free ship to particularly distant/remote area students (20k.m. far from the college). Our college is in a rural area. Most of the students belong to socially and economically backward and underprivileged sections. Such needy students who reside 20 k.m. away from the college get special free ship benefits. Particularly female students get the benefit to continue their education. Commonly it is observed that the son of the family may be sent to towns if the family is financially sound but girls’ education is neglected.
The Practice
To empower the girl students in particular and students of remote areas (20 k.m. far from the college) in general, we provide special free ship facilities. Actually, students near college come to college by bicycle, motorcycle, bus, autorickshaw, and train. College bus service is specially meant for girls’ students to promote women’s education. But for far-off students, we provide concessions in admission fees, tuition fee,s, and other fees. Those students pay only 35% of fees and 65% of fees are waived. In every semester when a local student pays Rs. 2190/-. At that time, a student benefited by free ship pays Rs. 800/- only. In every semester more than 60% of students approximately get this benefit. The following data shows this evidence of success.
Evidence of Success
Although the college has a scarcity of funds. Still, we financially support those students. In total, our college has provided Rs. 1,88,60,280/- (Rs. One crore eighty-eight lakh sixty thousand two hundred eighty only) in the last five years from 2018 -19 to 2022-23.
Major Outcomes
Year
- 2018-19
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
- 2021-22
- 2022-23
No. of students benefitted
- 2894
- 4445
- 3699
- 2966
- 4056
In total, 18,060 students have got free ship benefits in the last 5 years. Out of a total of 18,060 students,10,865 were female and 7,195 were male students. The admission rate has risen every year. More and more students of remote villages are supported to get higher education in our college. The vision of the college is being reflected by this practice. More parents enquire of this scheme before admission.
Problems encountered and resources required
- Some local needy students need the same type of assistance but we cannot assist all due to financial constraints.
- Financial loss for the college due to this scheme becomes a major hurdle to providing better salaries for employees and in developing the infrastructure of the college.
- We want to provide this benefit to some more local students but sufficient fund is required. As our college is situated in a rural, educationally and economically backward area, hence such schemes become insufficient for the parents and students.
The college lived upto spirit of democracy and imparts democratic values among the students –Decision making process is democratic. Student participation is encouraged. Discipline and democracy are maintained- IQAC meetings, staff meetings etc uphold the principles of democracy. Policies are discussed, problems are solved. Any conflict and confusion is cleared peacefully to co-operate current students. Student representatives put their opinion all levels and they co-operate to arrange various co-curricular activities.