Best Practice:- I
Title of the Practices
Maintenance of attached hostels for over all development of the students
Objective: To provide attached hostel facility with affordable charges to facilitate poor students from distant rural places with comfortable food and accommodation.
Context:- Majority of students admitted into the college are from rural remote corners around Anakapalle town. Attending to the college daily by public transport is a heavy burden and consumes lot of time which seriously by affects the study time of the students.
Practice:- Keeping the difficulties of students in daily travel from their native places to the college, Institution has been maintaining college attached hostels for both boys and girls since inspection on no profit no loss Principle. Very nominal amounts are charged to the students for accommodation and mess charges.
Evidence of success: Residing in the hostels instead of shuttling, significantly reduced the wasting of time and stress among students. As a result, students find ample time to focus on studies as well as extra-curricular activates such as sports, games and participation in physical fitness activities conducted by the department of Physical Education.
Evidence of success: Success rate in the university examinations significantly improved and identified as one of the best Colleges in Andhra University area with more than 90% success rate. In addition, students excel every year in the Sports / games meet at university/ national level with gold medals and winning positions.
Problems encountered and resources required: Expenditure in maintenance of hostels has been increasing year by year and hence becoming financial burden to the management. Financial assistance in this regard is to be increased from Government side to meet the day to day expenses.
Best Practice:-II
Title : Conduct of Add - on/ Certificate Courses
Objective: To conduct institutionally own designed short term programs under the title Add – on / Certificate Courses for providing extra knowledge to the students and to equip the students with all life skills and employability skills to secure immediate employment offers soon after completion of their gradation.
Context: As the institution is an affiliated college, curriculum prescribed by the university is to be followed and hence there is no scope for academic flexibility. In the present day environment, teaching of curriculum alone is not sufficient to the student community and hence there is a need to train the students to make them good in subject knowledge as well as Soft skills / Communication skills and Computing skills. Therefore, institution introduced the Concept of Add - on /Certificate Courses at free of cost.
Practice:- At the beginning of every academic year, every department mention the list of Add-on/Certificate Courses in its annual academic plan. Later students are admitted into the Courses of their choice. Courses are designed to suit the needs of the industries nearly and to secure immediate employment. Courses are offered in the areas of Computer Skills, Communication Skills, and Domestic house wiring etc. At the end of each course, each student is evaluated by conducting a test and awarded a Certificate of merit.
Evidence of success:All the Add-on / Certificate Courses offered by the college are very well received by the students and it is very happy to note that the students enrolled are benefitted and able to secure jobs soon after completion of their graduation.
Good number of students has joined as teachers in various subjects like Mathematics/Physical Sciences/Natural Science in reputed high schools.
Problems encountered and resources required:Preparation of Course material for each course has become expensive. No extra fee is collected from the students for conduct of these courses. Still, amounts required to run the programs are borne by the management in the interest of students.