SSSEEELLLFFF SSSTTTUUUDDDYYY RRREEEPPPOOORRRTTT SUBMITTED FOR RE-ACCREDITATION To NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL BANGALORE – 560 072 M E S KEVEEYAM COLLEGE VALANCHERY MALAPPURAM KERALA, Pin-676 552 www.meskvmcollege.org June 2014 2 Self Study Report 2014 TTThhhiiisss PPPaaagggeee iiisss iiinnnttteeennntttiiiooonnnaaallllllyyy kkkeeepppttt bbblllaaannnkkk MES Keveeyam College Valanchery, Kerala 3 NAAC RE-ACCREDITATION STEERING COMMITTEE Chairman Mr. K. H. Abdul Razzak Coordinator Dr. C. Rajesh Asst. Coordinators Dr. U. Sailaja Dr. Sajid A. Latheef Members Dr. N. M. Mujeeb Rahman Dr. Hussain K Mr. K. P. Hassan Mr. K. J. Thomas Mrs. Manjula Raman Mr. C. K. Hassan Dr. M. P. Unnikrishnan Mrs. P. M. Khairunnissa Mrs. Anitha M. SSR COMPILATION SUPPORT Dr. Jisha V. S. Mrs. Krishnaprabha K. S. Mr. Jaleel T. K. Mrs. Athira Radhakrishnan Mr. Nisab T. 4 Self Study Report 2014 TTThhhiiisss PPPaaagggeee iiisss iiinnnttteeennntttiiiooonnnaaallllllyyy kkkeeepppttt bbblllaaannnkkk MES Keveeyam College Valanchery, Kerala 5 CONTENTS Page No Preface 7 About our Institution 8 Executive Summary 11 PART I: INSTITUTIONAL DATA • Profile of the College 15 PART II: CRITERION WISE INPUTS • Criterion I: Curricular Aspects 24 • Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 41 • Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 78 • Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 105 • Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 133 • Criterion VI: Governance and Leadership 151 • Criterion VII: Innovations and Best Practices 176 PART III: EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS • Chemistry 194 • Commerce 209 • Computer Application 218 • English 223 • Physics 236 • Zoology 245 • Allied Departments Arabic 259 Botany 263 Hindi 268 Malayalam 272 Mathematics 276 Physical Education 279 PART IV: POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES 285 Declaration by the Head of the Institution 290 PART V: ANNEXURES NAAC Accreditation Certificate 291 Accreditation Grade Sheet 292 Peer Team Report 293 2f Certificate 296 12B Certificate 297 Minority Status Certificate 298 6 Self Study Report 2014 TTThhhiiisss PPPaaagggeee iiisss iiinnnttteeennntttiiiooonnnaaallllllyyy kkkeeepppttt bbblllaaannnkkk MES Keveeyam College Valanchery, Kerala 7 PREFACE M E S Keveeyam College Valanchery has completed 33 years of dedicated service to the society in the realm of higher education. The College has endeavoured to fulfil its institutional mission with great success benefitting students of socially and economically marginalized groups of Malappuram and nearby districts. The institution is sensitised to the need for improving the quality of higher education which, needless to say, is a long term investment the society makes, expecting returns by way of human resource development. We have always strived to fulfil this expectation The institution volunteered for NAAC accreditation in the year 2006. The benchmarks set by NAAC in the seven criteria for assessment of quality provided us with sufficient guidelines to put in better efforts to achieve our mission and vision ensuring excellence in standards. The assessments by the peer team helped us to sit together and think creatively for improving our standards of quality and we have been striving to achieve them. The application for Re-accreditation could not be submitted in 2012 which was the time span for it, due to technical reasons. The major deficiency pointed out by the NAAC Peer Team was the lack of adequate PG and UG Programmes. The college got sanctioned additional programmes only in 2013-14 Since building up quality is a continuous process the college has always been striving to achieve them on a priority basis. The present report is a careful appraisal of the progress and development that the college has made in the last five years. Valanchery K. H. Abdul Razzak 09-06-14 (Principal) 8 Self Study Report 2014 ABOUT OUR INSTITUTION M E S Keveeyam College was established in 1981 as an aided, affiliated college under the aegis of Muslim Educational Society (MES). Before the college came into being, the higher educational aspirations of the young people of this predominantly agrarian and backward area were met by an unaided institution in the parallel stream. It was the long and concerted efforts of the local population under the visionary leadership of men like late Dr. N. K. Mohammed, the first practitioner of modern medicine in this locality and Sri. K. V Mohamed, a prominent businessman and philanthropist, among others with the active involvement of MES, which made a regular college a reality. Valanchery, located in the backward revenue district of Malappuram is socially, economically and educationally backward area. The catchment area of the college spreading over the Taluks of Tirur, Ponnani and Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district and Ottappalam in Palakkad district is uniformly poor by all development indicators. However, like many other places in the country, the area has a rich and varied history. River Nila, on the banks of which a highly rich and refined civilization flourished in the past, flows close by. The river enjoys a unique place in the cultural profile of this region. Tirunavaya, on the Nila, is the nationally reputed centre of Vedic learning and in modern times the place has been associated with Gandhiji, Kelappaji and the Sarvodaya Movement. Annual Sarvodaya meet, held here every year, attracts wide attention. The unique hegemonic power structure evolved and perpetuated for centuries by Brahmins in this part of the country, which will be of great interest to any student of history, had its central seat of authority in the Tambrakkal (Samrat) of Azhvanchery Mana at Athavanad here. The village is associated with the legend of Vararuchi, a sagely Brahmin marrying a low caste woman for her exceptional intelligence and fathering 12 children who were thrown away on birth at the mercy of elemental forces and latter 11 of them growing as members of 11 different castes ranging from Brahmin to Chamar (the diasporas interestingly including a Muslim) and all the siblings coming together and part- taking food on the death anniversary of their parents every year, which offers interesting insight into the essentially secular character of our ancient culture. In more recent years, MES Keveeyam College Valanchery, Kerala 9 Valanchery is known for the long tradition of Ayurveda practitioners. The house of Changampally has the reputation spanning over generations in the field. The famed centre of Ayurveda, the Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala is only 20 Kms away from us. Valanchery has also a great tradition of exquisite metal craft, especially brass utensils and idols. Like most other parts of the country under colonial rule, here too the glorious past gave way to deprivation of every kind. The learned and landed Brahmins and mostly illiterate Muslim peasantry resisted English education with equal vehemence, though for different reasons. Turning their back on western education, cost the people dearly. At the dawn of independence, the place had practically nothing to write home about. The social and economic backwardness of the people was perpetuated by the lack of opportunities for higher education. It was this scenario which prompted some of the educated and enlightened citizens of Valanchery to come together and work for establishing an institution of higher education. As starting an aided-affiliated college was a matter of governmental policy decision, the enthusiastic leadership started the college as a private, unaided institution in the parallel stream under the umbrella of Muslim Educational Society in 1977. The avowed mission of the founders were to extend higher education to as many young and aspiring men and women as possible in endorsement of the time-tested philosophy of social dynamics envisaging education as the single most powerful tool for a socially and economically deprived people to achieve upward mobility. The college, which came up on a hilltop near Valanchery, received affiliation and aided status in 1981. Next year it was relocated to the present site for more easy accessibility. From the thatched roof sheds in a water logged field, the college has come a long way to have adequate buildings and a beautiful campus which it boasts of now. The college has achieved matching progress in academic front both in quality and quantity with new courses, added facilities and consistently very good performance in university level examinations. 10 Self Study Report 2014 As the college enters its 33rd year of meaningful service and having fulfilled its initial goal of opening up higher education opportunities for as many young and aspiring scholars of the rural population as possible, though not in full measure, but very substantially, we feel that it is time we turned more quality conscious and more focussed in our mission. No one can afford to overlook the emerging changes taking place in every walk of life in the wake of globalisation. Higher education is undergoing thorough changes in content, management and funding. As the concept of brand-image in higher education catches on, every institution will have to undergo SWOT analysis and brace itself up for future challenges. We do believe that, while first accreditation defined our past status, the process of undergoing re-accreditation will help us for introspection, to take stock of our strength, weakness, opportunities and threats and thus prepare ourselves for the challenges of a highly competitive future. MES Keveeyam College Valanchery, Kerala 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY