BEST PRACTICE 1
Title of the Practice: Offering Multiple Programmes of Study
Objective of the practice:
- To offer a wide range of diversified, flexible and inter-disciplinary courseswhich are relevant to the socio-economic needs at the regional, national and global standard.
- To offer vertical access to higher education, employment, placement, etc. through quality, skilful and value based education to all the sections of the Society.
The Context:
Though the college follows the regulations and curriculum adopted by the Manipur University, the college develops the curriculum of the new courses which are to be introduced in the college and submitted the same to the University for approval. The college has started Semester system of Examinations since the year, 2009-10. The continuous effort to introduce new value added courses with the development of course structure and syllabus under the different schemes of UGC like Innovative Programme, Career Oriented Programme, Human Rights Education and Women’s Studies Centre are the important measures of the college for quality sustenance and enhancement while Curricular Aspect are concerned.
The curricula and syllabi of these courses are developed by the faculties of this college in consultation with the expertise of external agencies and submitted the same to the University for its consideration and approval. For example, the curriculum and syllabus of B.Sc. Biotechnology is developed by the faculties of this college in consultation with IBSD, Manipur University and Central Agricultural University taking the reference of the curricula of other Universities. The curriculum and syllabus of B.Sc. Food Processing Technology is also developed in consultation with the Department of Commerce and Industries, Govt. of Manipur and Association of Food Scientists and Technologist, India (Manipur Chapter). Similarly, the curriculum of B.C.A. is developed in consultation with DOEACC Centre, Imphal, Department of Computer Science of Manipur University and M/S, Computer Gallery, a partner of IBM taking reference the syllabi of other Universities.
Finally, the curricula so developed are submitted to the Manipur University for rectification and approval. And thus, the curriculum of the academic programmes taken up by the college are able to meet the need of the society and have relevance to the regional, national and global trends and developmental needs.
The Practice:
The Institution’s main Goal and Objective is Gender Equity and Women Empowerment through value based education. So, a number of programmesare beingoffered to the students irrespective of their categories, like advanced learners, needy learners, slow learners and weaker sections (OBC/SC/ST) so that all the students are benefited out of the programmes taken up by the college.
Also, under this mission the college has introduced the various value-added courses to be able to meet the needs of the society at the regional, national and global levels.
For examples, the syllabus of B.Sc. Biotechnology in fully focused on the applications of Biotechnology in Food and Water Security which is one of the priority area in the National and Global Demands. The introduction of B.Sc. Food Processing Technology is also one of the National and Global priorities. The introduction of B.Sc. Computer Science, BCA and applications of Information Technology in the teaching and research of Biosciences is also a thrust area of the nation. The College has established a Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) Centre and Biotech Hub with the financial support of DBT under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. The syllabi of other courses under Career Oriented Programmes up-to Advanced Diploma Level have relevance to the Societal, Regional, National and Developmental needs. The introduction of Human Rights Education and Women’s Studies are also the priority areas of the national and the global demands. Further, the college has obtained approval to open two Vocational B.Voc courses – i. B.Voc. Food Processing and Engineering and ii. B.Voc. Fashion Technology.
Programmes of Study offered in the college are:
1. B.A. General & Honours in:
English
Manipuri
Political Science
Education
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
Human Rights Education
Hindi
2. B.Sc. General & Honours in:
Chemistry
Physics
Botany
Zoology
Mathematics
Computer Science
Geology
Home Science
Statistics
Geography
3. B. Com. General & Honours
4. B.Sc. Food Technology
5. B.Sc. Biotechnology
6. Bachelor of Computer Applications
7. B.Voc :
Food Processing & Engineering
Fashion Technology
8. Community College (Foundation, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses)
9. Career Oriented Courses (add – on, 2-in-1 Courses), Foundation, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses in:
Food Science & Quality Control
Industrial Fish & Fisheries
Microbiology (Food)
Mushroom Cultivation
Bioinformatics in Biodiversity
Clinical Biochemistry
Computer Application
Fashion Designing
Secretarial Practice & Office Management
E-Commerce
Computer & Information Technology and
Spoken & Communicative English
10. Foundation Course in Human Rights & Duties Education
11. Certificate Course:
Human Rights & Duties Education
Human Development
Women’s Studies
Evidence of Success:
- Upon graduation, students are able to acquire additional Diploma/Advanced Diploma certificates (and skill sets) simultaneously as they can also choose one of the several COC/Add-on courses offered by the college alongside their regular program of study.
- Acquiring additional skills and certificate enhances the employability chances.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
- Low enrollment due to lack of widespread awareness amongst the student community on the availability of diverse courses offered in the college; more awareness exercises and advertisements in different media outlets need to be implemented.
- High drop-out rate owing to a rising trend of parallel admissions to other courses (in other institutions as well) by students in search of easy options; more vigorous student counseling pre-and post-admission needs to be done to tackle this issue.
BEST PRACTICE 2:
Title of the practice: Use of ICT Tools to enhance quality teaching and Learning
Objective of the practice:
- To enhance the teaching-learning experience with proper usage of ICT tools.
- To train teachers on online teaching so that they are able to improvise and adapt to the new normal of teaching-learning.
- To engage students effectively using ICT tools in the classrooms as well as in virtual classrooms
The Context:
In current times, traditional teaching methods have become redundant. Teachers need to train and acquire new skill sets as regards using computer-assisted ICT tools and other audio-visual teaching aids so that the quality of their teaching is enhanced. Further, teachers and students alike are able to keep pace with the recent developments in their respective subjects.
The Practice:
- Computer-assisted teaching-learning process by using SMART Board, LCD Projector, Laptop Computers, Audio-Visual Aids, Internets etc.
- Access to e-resources (e-books and e-journals) under the N-List of NMEICT by both the teachers and students. All the staff and students have their own e-mail ID to access e-resources (e-books and e-journals) available under the N-List of NMEICT.
- Distribution of Hard Copies and Soft Copies of Study Materials.
- Tutorial and Remedial classes for slow learners, SC/ST/OBC/Minority students and additional teaching-learning inputs for advanced learners.
- All the Departments are provided with Desktop Computers and Laptop Computers.
- All the classrooms and laboratories are provided with online UPS for power back up.
- The campus has networking with Local Area Network and 1:1 dedicated Connectivity from Bharti Airtel and BroadBand Connection from BSNL.
- Audio-Visual Equipment are also made available.
- Multi-media Language Laboratory is made available for learning Spoken and Communicative English
- The library and computer center are equipped with the latest configuration of Computers and Internet Connectivity.
- Hands-on training of teachers on how to use the ICT tools and incorporate them in classroom teaching conducted within the college.
The above mechanisms are significant practices in the teaching-learning and evaluation process of the college.
Evidence of Success:
- Student’s Classroom experience is improved and more interest is generated in their subject of study.
- Completion of syllabi on time since illustrations are better explained using smartboards and audio-visual aids than the old chalk and blackboard method; thus lectures could be completed in lesser time.
• Teachers are able to upgrade their teaching methodologies through in-house hands-on training programmes and are thus able to expand their teaching repertoire.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
- Routine Maintenance of the ICT tools in the classrooms is found wanting leading to frustration to teachers; a full-time maintenance personnel needs to be recruited.
- Some teachers prefer the old-school teaching methods and find it technically difficult to incorporate ICT tools to update their teaching methodologies; more teacher training in this regard is required