Mentoring System
Students play a very important role is developing the country with their high talent and creativeness. To improve them still more along with their academics, we are providing a easy way. This done by faculty. Faculty plays a very important role in student's career. For overall development of the students we are providing simple solution by developing mentoring system.
Objectives
- The objective of this practice is to monitor, help, and counsel the student in their undergraduate tenure by the faculty as an academic guardian.
- The goal of the mentoring program is to establish a trusting relationship with accountability and responsibility from the mentor and the mentee.
- The focus of the mentoring program is on the rehabilitative needs of the mentee using continuous of care creating, growing and healthy relationships.
- Mentoring by faculty has a positive impact on student's persistent and academic achievements.
Context
In this activity, the faculty shares his/her educational knowledge and professional experience with the student.
The mentoring includes counseling, guidance and motivation in terms of curriculum, extracurricular activities and overall development of the student.
It was observed that students need guidance, support and personal attention with respect to registering to various academic programs and understanding the documentary needs, as they are entering the UG courses directly after completion of their higher schooling.
The Practice
The college has dedicated separate portfolio as academic mentorship to students
The HoD of respective courses are entrusted the responsibility of being a Mentor. As per his wish he may delegate to his other class teachers to ensure that maximum number of students are covered under this scheme.
These students remains along with same mentor until the completion of course.
The formal and /or informal meetings are conducted at regular interval.
The interactions between students and mentor, helps mentor to have a record of academic performance, extracurricular activities and problems.
The practice is aimed at fostering a better rapport between the students and teachers at a personal level.
Counseling bridges a bond between faculty and the students and students feel comfortable environment in sharing their difficulties.
It has been observed that this practice has created a positive impact on attendance and performance of the student.
Evidence of Success
Academic mentoring increases grades of the students at University exams
It decreases bullying or fighting in the college.
Academic mentoring improves relationships with the parents and decreases college skipping.
Mentoring creates good learning environment at college.
At college level, mentoring has resulted in improved results, increased participation at various college organized events.
Problems encountered and Resources required
Challenge observed in this practice is; it needs extra time and planning in organizing of counseling sessions.
Despite of students getting convinced about the importance of courses, drop out percentage is little more due to economic conditions
JOY OF DONETING BOOKS
Objectives
To build the bridge between the students who read the books and the students who need the books.
Context
To nurture the virtue of donating books
The Practice
Books are collected from students/teaching staff and any other agency who aspire to donate books and given to the students who like to read.
Evidence of Success
The students, faculty of different discipline donates books and the said books are kept at the library and said books are available for all students who are interested in learning curricular reference books and other value adding books.
Problems encountered and Resources required
No specific problem was encountered in it. Rather it was an opportunity to donate. Nevertheless the joy of donating books is to be stretched out in the days to come. Further with use of social networking, students needs to be attracted to reading books. This is an attempt to attract students once again to library reading culture.