Best Practice -1
Title: - Use of Smart Technology with Eco- Friendly
Attitude
Objectives of the Practice
Smart Technology helps in the holistic development of the students
in the present challenging and competitive scenario
of the society. The main goals of the practice are
· To use smart technology in teaching-
learning process to make the learning more comprehensive and interesting.
· To teach the students the use of internet to enhance their
knowledge.
· To aware
the students of rural vicinity about the use
of Internet in day to day life and to prepare them for competitive exams.
· To aware the students about
the use of Smart Technology with an eco-friendly attitude.
· To develop
a paperless work culture in the campus
by introducing Whatsapp
group and email to circulate
official notices.
· To make the campus lush green.
· To inculcate an eco-friendly attitude
among the students
with a motto “Save Earth
Save Life”.
The Context
· Technology can be used
to improve teaching-learning process, to enhance the knowledge of the students for competitions and to make
the teaching more
interactive.
· An eco- friendly attitude
is essential today to live a happy and healthy life.
· Technology makes the learning
comprehensive and easy.
· Use of Technology makes the life easy and comfortable.
· It develops a relation among the students
and the teachers.
· A protective use of technology and a clean
environment are necessary to live a happy and healthy life. If we don't save
the environment the technology is useless so in order to save life on this
planet first we have to save it.
· Technology develops employability and
smartness among the students.
The Practice
· The institute has introduced smart
classrooms, smart auditorium, smart library, computer labs for the students to acquaint them with the digital world.
· Internet facilities are provided to the students in the library
to improve the standard of education and to promote
research among the students.
· To enhance creativity of the students and
to develop paperless work culture the college has released ‘e-magazine “ANAHITA” the first e- magazine in the district.
· To develop
an eco-friendly attitude
among the students
the paper of environmental
studies is compulsory and there
is an Assistant Professor of environmental studies
to teach and assign the environmental projects to the students.
· NSS units organize various programs to
aware the students about the current environmental needs and one day camp on “Tree Plantation” is organized to instill the habit of growing more trees among the students.
· There is a botanical garden,
rain harvesting system,
solid waste management system, vermin compost system and various medicinal plants in
the college campus.
· The Alumni Association has also been registered
to update the students about the experiences and achievements of their seniors
and to take their feedback in order to improve the institute.
· Competitions are organized from time to
time on technology and environmental awareness by various committee and departments.
Evidence of success
· Online admission process, e-salary system,
biometric attendance, digital administrations have been practised.
· One year computer course have been taught
to all the students of first year of all streams to equip them for various jobs
in government and private sector.
· The successful use of Smartech is
evidenced by the huge presence of alumni in the Alumni Meet
organized recently in our college. The members are connected through a WhatsApp
group.
· The success is also reflected in the organization
of Science Exhibitions held at college, zonal and district level. Smart
projects are prepared by the students with the help of teachers and internet.
· Almost all the students have created their
email- id.
· Teachers are connected to the students
with help of social apps.
· Teachers are using the smart boards to
deliver their lecture in the form of power point presentation or videos.
· The eco-friendly nature is evidenced
directly from the lush green view of the campus.
· The installation of rain harvesting
system, solid waste management, vermin compost system, botanical garden, and
proposal of solar system are some initiatives to make the college campus eco-
friendly.
· Students are made aware about eco friendly
environment through various activities.
· Students have qualified various
competitive exams and they have won positions in various competitions.
Problems Encountered and Resources
Required
·
The students are from rural areas,
therefore, it is very difficult to teach them the use of the internet as they don't have Smart
phones and internet access.
·
Smart boards are not connected with
internet facility and the speed of Wi-Fi is also a big problem.
·
No alternate arrangement for power breakdown.
·
The college has no
autonomous power to install solar energy system.
·
The Principal has not full autonomous
power to start any scheme.
Best Practice – 2
Title of the Practice
- Safety, Security, and Awareness
Objectives of the Practice
· To provide a safe and Secure Environment to girl students.
· To provide
the girl self-
defense training.
· To aware the girls about their fundamental rights and duties.
· To empower
the girls intellectually, economically and socially.
· To make them a better as well as a responsible citizen so that
they may face
the challenges of day to day
life.
· To resolve the grievances of the girls timely.
· To provide
the transport facility
to girls.
· To aware the student about gender issues
and discrimination against women in patriarchal society.
The Context
· The majority of students are from nearby rural
areas where the
mentality of the parents is not to send
their wards in co- educational Institutes. Our institute provides the girls a protective environment
so that they may explore their talent.
· In a patriarchal society where honour killing, female foeticide is in practice, it
is a great challenge to save the girls.
· The major issue of the present time is to
make the girls independent and to save them from anti social elements.
The Practice
· A PCR van and Durga Shakti van is always
available in the campus.
· Keeping in view the
security of the girls CCTV
cameras of high
quality have been installed in the whole campus and monitored properly.
· There is a girl’s common room equipped with all facilities.
· There is always a gatekeeper on the main gate and no one can enter without prior permission.
· Apart from these
facilities to address
the girls’ problems there is a Grievance Redressals Committee.
· A complaint box is also placed in the
college campus.
· Various lectures
by the experts, workshops, competitions are organized by women cell, legal cell, NSS, Red Ribbon club
etc. to aware the students about their personal and social issues.
Evidence of Success
Keeping in view our best practices
this college is the priority of the parents. No complaint has been registered regarding
the safety and security of the girls.
The government has started some
special buses for girls on some main routes and the girls feel safe, secure and
stress free. The parents also feel happy and stress free due to the best
practice of the college.
Problems
Encountered and Resources Required
· To aware
the girls about the anti
social elements prevalent in the society.
· To provide
the Self defense
training to all the girls.
· To
teach them the safe use of social media.
· The degradation of moral values and adverse effect of social
media is a big challenge.
· Frequency
of buses is not adequate because of which few of the girls leave the campus
before attending all the lectures.
· The Principal does not
have full autonomous power.
Institutional Distinctiveness
Government College for Women Jind is one of the best colleges in Jind, Haryana. The college
vision and mission is to assure justice and equality to women and explore their
creativity through curricular and extracurricular activities. To empower women
and contribute to gender equity, girls of
our college have been hoisting flags of success in skies of all colors- academics, cultural, and sports.
Academics: Our institute utilizes modern and innovative techniques in the teaching and learning processes to
create awareness and enhance the educational skills of students. Our institute provides all the resources that can
be utilized to enhance the academic performance of students. To acquire a
better understanding regarding academic (theoretical and experimental)
concepts, students are provided with all the essential materials the books,
notes, learning materials, library facilities and laboratory facilities. The
students belonging to deprived, and socio-economically backward sections of the
society, are also given scholarships.
Students
are taught through interactive teaching-learning methods. Students spare their leisure time in the
library preparing for university/competitive exams through books, magazines, newspapers,
and e-resources. The performance of our
institution in academics is reflected in top university positions grabbed by
our meritorious students.
Cultural: Our institute provides a platform to showcase the hidden/inner talent of students; be
it musician, dancer, actor, painter, writer, photographer, and dreamer. A Multitude of cultural
activities vasant utsav, talent search programs, mehandi and rangoli
competitions, speech and declamation contests etc. are organized round the year
in an attempt to capture the vibrant persona of
the students. Various committees and clubs organize the lectures, seminars,
competititions, to promote/inculcate the national values and rights among the
students. Our students not only participate in cultural activities but also
snatch the top positions in the same.
Sports: A
decade ago, women were looked down when it came to sports for they are always
thought off as a weaker vessel; but with the success of our girl students in
the foreground, society is now looking forward to us in sports. Girl students who play sports have higher levels
of confidence, have a more positive body image and self esteem, experience higher states of psychological
well being and thus lower levels of depression than girls and women who
do not play sports. Students learn from losses and gain from
wins.
Participation in sports activities prepare the students for a
healthy competition in their future life. Sport
is the area where the students traditionally learn about teamwork, goal
setting, and other achievement -oriented behaviors critical for success in the
work place.
Our institute has a playground for the girls. Many of our
girl students represent at college, state, and national level in various events
and brought glory to the Institute. A special provision is made for the students who are not able
to appear due to their participation in sports activities. Students who participate in games are
provided with special dietary requirements, sports uniform, and
equipments. Scholarships
are also provided to outstanding sportspersons. Students not only participate
in the games like kho-kho, badminton, table tennis, handball basket ball,
boxing, wrestling, and many other games at college, university, national and
international level but also grab top positions in the same.
Safety and Security of
Girls: Government College for Women Jind is
one of the outstanding colleges in Jind. This college is located in close
vicinity of the bus stand. Therefore, the students from the rural areas can
access it very quickly. The college provides a very secure environment to the
girls with the assets as CCTV, PCR and women cell. College basically offers
various UG courses and also the B.Sc medical course which is rarely available
in other women colleges in the district. The college uses the latest technology
and makes the use of the e-resources. Smart classrooms and e-magazine are some
of the new trends in this college which makes it very smart in saving the
papers and in visualization of the topics to develop the deep understanding.
This college owns a Multipurpose Hall
of strength up to about 3000 peoples. This provides a platform in developing
various skills in the students. The girl students of our college participate in
various cultural activities at college, university, district level etc. Two NSS
units are also active in the college which aware the students and other people
about cleanliness and social evils. The college has well established
laboratories of English language, physics, chemistry, geography, and computer
science where students perform the experiments with a better/practical
understanding of their respective subjects. The college is composed of well
qualified teachers dedicated in their profession. These enlisted availabilities
in the college thus lead to the positions in the university results and the
students graduate with rich academic performance and find their future in the
higher studies.
Thus
equipped with all the latest techniques, our college provides a secure
environment for all round development of the students and thus proves to be a
boon to girls.