CURRICULAR ASPECTS 29 VIJAYA COLLEGE CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS 1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation 1.1.1 State the vision, mission and objectives of the institution, and describe how these are communicated to the students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders. Vision : To elevate the college into one of the best learning centres. To empower every individual with honesty, sincerity, integrity and knowledge. Mission : To Achieve excellence in education with the philosophy that Education is a prime contributor to the development of self, society and diverse human enterprises. Objectives : Encourage training, research and publications in different areas of educational interest. Enhance the commitment of faculty, staff, and students to diversity, social justice, and democratic citizenship. Sustain a caring, supportive ambience throughout the College. Take every opportunity to enhance personal and professional growth and development. Integrate teaching, research, and service to the society. Faculty development activities that ensure good knowledge and teaching methodologies Mentoring and interaction between faculty and students Encourage undergraduate education in pure sciences, commerce and management and provide quality inputs to higher institutes of learning Provide holistic development of a student
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1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation
1.1.1 State the vision, mission and objectives of the institution, and
describe how these are communicated to the students, teachers,
staff and other stakeholders.
Vision :
To elevate the college into one of the best learning centres.
To empower every individual with honesty, sincerity, integrity
and knowledge.
Mission :
To Achieve excellence in education with the philosophy that
Education is a prime contributor to the development of self,
society and diverse human enterprises.
Objectives :
Encourage training, research and publications in different areas
of educational interest.
Enhance the commitment of faculty, staff, and students to
diversity, social justice, and democratic citizenship.
Sustain a caring, supportive ambience throughout the College.
Take every opportunity to enhance personal and professional
growth and development.
Integrate teaching, research, and service to the society.
Faculty development activities that ensure good knowledge and
teaching methodologies
Mentoring and interaction between faculty and students
Encourage undergraduate education in pure sciences,
commerce and management and provide quality inputs to
higher institutes of learning
Provide holistic development of a student
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E Mode of Communication to teachers :
During orientation workshops / Induction program to new
recruits the Mission, Vision and the Objectives of the institution
is clearly explained by the Principal. During the interaction of
the Staff and the Management members, the Mission is
repeatedly stressed.
Programs and discussions are conducted among the staff
members to review the mission and vision of the college. The
faculty rededicate themselves to the cause of education to
contribute for the upliftment of different cross-sections of
society and thereby achieving the social purpose of education.
Excellence in education is aimed at by planning various curricular, co-
curricular and extension activities of the college for the academic
year. A balance of curricular and extra curricular activities is planned.
Mode of Communication to students and their parents:
The mission and vision is very clearly stated in the College
Prospectus as well as the institutional website. On the day of
inauguration of I semester classes the vision, mission and policy of
the college is clearly explained by the Principal to the gathering. The
Principal also addresses the parents and students about their role in
the college activities, in respect of academic achievements and
contribution to the society
Mode of Communication to Non-teaching staff :
The role of non-teaching staff in achieving the vision and mission is
briefed during the periodic meetings with the Principal. The pro-
active involvement of the non-teaching staff is stressed upon to attain
the desired goals.
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E Mode of Communication to other stakeholders :
Copies of Prospectus, Newsletter and the College Magazine are given
to other stakeholders like the alumni, the laboratory equipment
suppliers, the officials of Bangalore University, Department of
Collegiate Education and the auditors. This ensures that the mission
and vision of the college is understood by other stakeholders also.
1.1.2 How does the institution develop and deploy action plans for
effective implementation of the curriculum? Give details of the
process and substantiate through specific example(s).
The action plans for effective implementation of the curriculum
is evolved by the Bangalore University to which the college is
affiliated. Many subjects have teachers’ fora of their own.
Usually, these teachers fora initiate a discussion on the blow –
up of the curriculum for each of the semesters spread over
different periods of time. Content enrichment programmes are
also initiated by the affiliating university. Faculty members of
different departments are deputed to workshops on curriculum
blow – up and content enrichment. Resource persons for these
curriculum workshops will be drawn from the Senior faculty
members of the UG departments belonging to different affiliated
colleges, PG departments of the Bangalore University, Christ
University, Indian Institute of Science, and other research
institutes located in Bangalore. Many of the office bearers to
different teachers’ fora are housed in our college. Usually, the
initiative for curriculum implementation for the university is
conducted in this college for different subjects. The faculty
members of the college take active role in dissemination of
curriculum completion as regards to its contents as well as time
required to complete the portions.
The HODs of different departments convene meeting of their
respective departments at the start of every academic year and
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E evolve an academic planner for the coverage of the portions.
The evolution of academic planner contains components for
coverage of portions over different weeks as well as for
different tests to be administered based on the calendar of
events for every semester. The faculty members ensure that the
syllabus is covered in respective weeks by engaging extra
classes during weekends to compensate for general holidays
and loss of classes.
Invited guest lectures are arranged periodically to enforce the
curriculum learning by experts drawn from industry, research
institutes, commercial establishments, etc.
Remedial coaching classes are conducted, particularly in
Science streams, to strengthen the learning process by weak
learners. Usually these are the UGC sponsored remedial
coaching classes. Tests are administered frequently and
motivate these weak learners to feel confident of facing the
examination.
Study materials are provided wherever necessary by keeping in
view the question paper pattern of the university and the
requirements of other competitive examinations. Question
banks are prepared by different departments to help boost the
morale and confidence of the students.
The teaching – learning committee in the college monitors the
coverage of the syllabus in addition to the monitoring by
different HODs. Periodic review meetings are held in the
respective departments regarding the syllabus completion.
Shortfall, if any, in completing the syllabus is seriously taken
note of and corrective measures are suggested at the beginning
of subsequent semesters.
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E Example :
Physics Curriculum design for the UG of the Bangalore University was
initiated by the Bangalore University First Grade College Physics
Teachers’ Forum. The Secretary of this forum is Prof. H S Balakrishna
belonging to the Physics department of the college. Several
workshops have been initiated by this forum in different colleges of
the university as well as in this college for the design, blow – up and
content enrichment. Some of the senior faculty members of the
department like Dr. P Nagaraju, Prof. H S Balakrishna, Dr. A S Govind,
and Dr. K S Suresh were on the board for the curriculum design.
These members have also served as resource persons during the
deliberations of the blow – up design and the content enrichment.
The college conducted two – day workshop for the blow – up of III
semester and IV semester syllabus of Bangalore University as well as
the laboratory experiments. Hands – on experience on the
experiments were provided. Three day content enrichment
programme on “Computational Physics” which was introduced for
the first time in the university was conducted in the college.
Department of Physics conducts meeting to distribute the syllabus
amongst its members during the end of the semester for the
forthcoming semester. The idea envisaged is to ensure that the
teacher is well equipped during the semester end vacation for the
syllabus to be taught in the following semester. Study material as well
as question bank is made ready before the college commences
functioning in the following semester. Laboratory manuals are made
ready for both odd and even semesters on an annual basis and
distributed to students to ensure uniformity of coverage and
standardization of procedures for different experiments.
Academic planner is evolved at the beginning of every semester by a
debate keeping in view the calendar of events. The faculty members
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E are made aware of the syllabus to be completed at different time
intervals. The staff and the students are made aware of the syllabus
for the unit tests so that it is compelling on the faculty for timely
completion of the curriculum.
Subsequent to the evaluation of answer scripts, corrective measures
are suggested for different category of students.
Remedial coaching is introduced to weak learners and the strategies
to face the examination are discussed. Frequent tests are
administered to boost the confidence level of the students. Corrective
measures are suggested and learning interventions are made at
appropriate time intervals.
The syllabus completion is reviewed every one and half months
including the semester end introspection. Corrective measures are
adopted by discussion and debates to overcome the past debacles.
Similarly content enrichment programmes and syllabus blow – up
workshops were conducted in the college for the benefit of teachers
of electronics and that of Zoology. Kannada text book evolution
workshop was conducted in the college on behalf of the Bangalore
University.
1.1.3 What type of support (procedural and practical) do the teachers
receive (from the University and/or institution) for effectively
translating the curriculum and improving teaching practices?
Teachers are given unconditional support from the institute to
enhance the subject knowledge by deputing them to attend
various workshops, conferences and seminars. Teachers are
also deputed to refresher and orientation courses for enhancing
the subject knowledge.
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E Periodically, the books relevant to different courses and
relevant to the present curriculum needs are added to the
library. Subscription to inflibnet and broadband internet
connectivity with the NME ICT connectivity enables the
teachers to access different e – books and journals to
continuously update their knowledge and thus, effectively
disseminate the knowledge to students in the classes. In
addition, study materials prepared by the faculty of various
departments are made accessible to the students in the
concerned department and library.
The institution takes an active role in organizing workshops
whenever the curriculum is revised/ updated. Many
departments of the institution have organized content
enrichment and syllabus blow – up workshops.
Hands – on experimentation techniques are developed by
inviting experts from research institutes and industries
whenever the curriculum revision occurs.
Lab manuals and question banks are prepared and issued to
students.
Working models and experiments are demonstrated to ensure
that the students comprehend the concepts laid out in the
syllabus effectively.
Some of the class rooms and laboratories are made ICT ready.
This enables the teachers to effectively deliver the lecture using
multimedia presentations which would reinforce the concepts
clearly to the students.
Workshops on ICT are organized frequently, on demand basis,
by the Computer Science department to bring proficiency in the
use of ICT for classroom teaching.
Teachers are also encouraged to interact with the academicians
in the research institutes and the industry experts so as to be
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E on a par with the related latest developments in the practices
and skill requirements prevalent with the changing times.
Field trips, student projects and research work, particularly in
life science departments, which are part of the curriculum are
frequently conducted. Adequate facilities in the form of
laboratory space, adequate laboratory staff, equipment and
consumables, etc., are provided.
Every department has a departmental library and computer
with broadband internet connectivity which enables them to
prepare notes, multimedia presentations, etc.
1.1.4 Specify the initiatives taken up or contribution made by the
institution for effective curriculum delivery and transaction on
the Curriculum provided by the affiliating University or other
Statutory agency.
The following initiatives are taken by the college for effective delivery
of the curriculum contents designed by the Bangalore University.
Conventional chalk – and – talk method is used to augment the
lectures in the class rooms mostly.
About 15% of the teachers engage classes through multimedia
presentations interleaved with the usual chalk and talk strategy.
About seven class rooms have been made ICT ready at this point
of time. Gradually, the remaining rooms are also converted to
ICT ready as and when the funds are available.
Worksheets are prepared in some departments like English for
effective teaching – learning. Assignments are provided to
students in some departments. Many departments have
question banks made ready covering the entire curriculum for
different semesters.
Multimedia resources, animations, video and online resources
are used in the classrooms to make the classes more effective.
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through the actual demonstrations of the experiments and
explaining them in bilingual mode.
Student seminars, student project works, field visits, etc. are
organized on curriculum contents so that the learning becomes
student centric.
Invited Guest lectures by eminent professors and industry
experts, quiz, debate, etc. are conducted to expose the students
to the latest developments in the subject of interest.
Periodic debates and seminars are held in a few departments of
the college for getting a better insight into the subject. One of
the methods of Peer review in the college is through this
process.
The individual departments and the library is equipped with
computers having internet connectivity to enrich in the subject
matter with the available online resources.
1.1.5 How does the institution network and interact with beneficiaries
such as industry, research bodies and the university in effective
operationalisation of the curriculum?
Institution – Industry Interaction
The interaction with the industry is mainly through the field
visits to certain selected industries. The Department of
Microbiology organizes student projects in some food
processing industries like KC Das, Sericulture Research
Institute, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, VSIX
Analytical laboratory, Lalbagh Biocentre, Hulimavu, etc.
The department of electronics has signed an MOU with Silicon
Smith India Ltd., Karnataka German Technical Training Institute
(KGTTI), Govt. of Karnataka; Vasundhara Engineering and
Automation services, which provides students to gain on field
knowledge and industry exposure. Student Research Projects
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conducted in electronics department. The department of
electronics has an electronics club “Vidyunmana Vijaya”, a
Platform by the students for enriching their knowledge. Under
this umbrella, several invited talks by industry experts are
organized. Alumni of the electronics department and the college
working in different industries provide insights into the recent
developments through lectures, debates, quiz competitions,
trouble shooting the electronic circuits, etc.
The department of Biotechnology had deputed about 25
students to carry out a project in Microbial Technology and
Recombinant DNA technology at Sridhar Bhat’s Laboratory in
Dec 2012. Invited talks from industry experts is regularly
organized,
The life sciences departments have formed the Nature’s Club in
the college under which invited lectures and field visits are
arranged. The main activity of the nature’s club is to inculcate
the value of the ecosystem and biodiversity. Some of the
important activities of the nature club include lectures on water