Format for Presentation of Best Practices
Practice One
2019-20

1. Feedback Mechanism

Self evaluation is an important thing to improve the quality of education. The college conducts feedback process to evaluate the standard of education in the college. The feedback from students is taken about the college and the teachers. Feedback from other stakeholders like Alumni and Parents is also taken regarding curriculum and other activities.

2. Objectives of the Practice

• To improve the administrative and academic quality of the college
• To facilitate students with facilities
• To participate the stakeholders in decision making process
• To increase the quality of teaching-learning process
• To create a platform for the plan of action for the next year

3. The Context

The college always tries to provide various academic and infrastructural facilities to students. But it wants to know their expectations. Many a time, students do not express their opinions and complaints about the college administration or about the teaching-learning shortcomings. For this, feedback mechanism becomes important to point out these things. This helps to improve the quality of teaching. This mechanism also gives an opportunity to the teachers to introspect and improve their teaching using various teaching tools. This has been the continuous process since 2006 after the first cycle of NAAC.

4. The Practice

IQAC of the college prepares the questionnaires and provides those to the feedback committee. The committee plans the schedule of taking feedback from the students. Generally, at the end of the session, the feedback questionnaires are provided to the students. These questionnaires include responses about the college, teachers and overall performance. The responses are in four point scale of the performance. After their responses, those questionnaires are collected and analyzed. The outcomes are discussed in the meeting of the IQAC and proper action is taken.

Same procedure was conducted in this year also. Students were satisfied aboutacademic and infrastructural facilities provided by the college. They were satisfied with the teachers and their teaching skills. Alumni of the college and the parents were also satisfied with the curriculum, academic and infrastructural facilities.

5. Evidence of Success

Provide evidence of success such as performance against targets and benchmarks,review results. What do these results indicate? Describe in about 200 words.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

Most of the time Alumni and parents don’t take interest to come to college whenever asked for meeting. So it becomes difficult to take their feedback. The feedback committee takes proper decision to reach them for their feedback. This year, the committee circulated the feedback forms to the students to bring the feedback of their parents. The same was applied for alumni. This was done cleverly and the feedback was received successfully.

7. Notes (Optional)

Ours is a small college. We try to point out the basic requirements of the students. So it is important for us to have their responses about their needs to improve the teaching-learning process. The college focusses on the alround development of the students. So, apart from teaching-learning, it concentrates on the extra-curricular activities. For this, the college has NSS, Adult Education, Women Cell, Career Guidance Cell, Sports and Cultural departments. The college provides them platforms and opportunities in this regard. Other colleges may focuss the activities related to such departments to implement best practices.

Format for Presentation of Best Practices
Practice Two

1. Uniform for Students

Discipline is the core of the college. As a part of this the college has implemented uniform for students. The college considers it as one of the best practices of the college.
It has been in practice since 2009.

2. Objectives of the Practice

• To maintain the discipline
• To maintain the unanimity
• To avoid disparity
• To inculcate the values like unity, equality.

3. The Context

The college resides though in semi-urban area, most of the students come from nearby villages. They belong to poor and farmers family. They should not feel embarrassed to see the dresses of few other students. The college always tries to maintain the quality of the educational atmosphere. The college longs for the values like discipline, equality, unity and fraternity. This is an attempt to inculcate these values among students through this practice.

4. The Practice

In one of the meetings, it was decided unanimously to implement uniform for students. The students’ opinion was also taken. Students agreed to this decision eagerly. White shirt and cement coloured trouser for boys and the same combination in Salvar suit for girls were decided. Students have to attend the college daily in uniform except one day. Wednesday has been decided as off day. A Discipline Committee has been formed to maintain the discipline in the college. This committee looks after it and has a watch on the students without uniforms. If such students are found, their names are registered and advised them to come in uniform from the next day.

5. Evidence of Success

Almost all students attend the college in uniform except very few. The college has more girl students than boys and almost all girls come in uniform itself indicates the success of the practice. It is said that unity is the strength and this strength lies in students in uniform. The scene of the students in uniform in some programmes or in rallies looks attractive. After all, self discipline is the best discipline and the uniform teaches this self disciplines. The college has Anti-Raging and Anti-Sexual Harassment Cell. But, no such cases are found in the college premises. These outcomes indicate the success of this practice. The results of the practice are satisfactory which make the college feel proud.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

As explained earlier, most of the students belong to poor families. So they cannot afford two uniforms. So during the rainy seasons or due to some such problems, it becomes difficult for them to maintain regularity to be in uniform. The Discipline Committee considers these genuine reasons.

7. Notes (Optional)

Ours is a small college. The college tries to point out the basic requirements of the students. It focusses on the value system. So, apart from teaching-learning, the college concentrates on to inculcate values among the students. The college also concentrates on the extra-curricular activities. For this, we have NSS, Adult Education, Women Cell, Career Guidance Cell, Sports and Cultural departments. We provide them platforms and opportunities in this regard. Other colleges may focuss the activities related to such department to implement best practices.