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District level The programme concluded with a colourful cultural Inter College Youth Festival 2012-2013 programme at the evening on 2nd February 2013 where fac- Date: 31/01/2013 to 02/02/2013 ulty members and staff of the college presented different cultural (musical) performances. IQAC NEWSLETTER July 2011 to June 2013 - Vol. 2 UGC sponsored one day workshop on AN ANNUAL NEWS LETTER FROM IQAC, BHOLANATH COLLEGE, DHUBRI “Implementation of UGC Scheme during the 11th Plan Period” Contents (Date: 05/05/2013) 1. Semester System and its implemen- 01 - 03 An UGC sponsored one day workshop on "Imple- tation at undergraduate colleges affili- mentation of UGC Scheme during 11th Plan Period" was ated to Gauhati University organized in the college on 5th May,2013 in collaboration with Chilarai College, Golakganj. Prof. Krishna Gopal A district level Inter College Youth Festival was Bhattacharyya, Department of Chemistry and Former Di- organized by the college from 31st January 2013 to 2nd Feb- 3. Drop out in Higher Education 03 - 04 rector, UGC Academic Staff College of Gauhati University ruary 2013. Four number of colleges of Dhubri district graced the occasion as resource person. Representatives of different colleges of Dhubri and Bongaigaon districts took part in the workshop. Sri Noor Hussain, Coordinator, IQAC 4. Activities 04 - 08 of the college extended Vote Of Thanks to all who made the workshop a successful one. Semester system and its implementation at undergraduate colleges affiliated to Gauhati University Brajendra Kanta Sarmah participated in different events of the festival. Dr. Prahlad Associate Professor Basumatari, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Department of Statistics, Editorial Board Bholanath College, Dhubri Arts Block (front) of the college Dr. Ahijjudin Sheikh (President / Principal) Introduction Semester System is widely accepted educational Sri C. N. Bepari (Member / Vice Principal) system all over the World. Educational system all over the World has never been consistent over the years. According Sri Basir Ahmed (Member) to Myron Tribus (1994), there are innumerable suggestions for reforms and changes in educational system and there Dr. Susmita Sengupta (Member) are infinite number of good ideas and research results. In- troduction of semester system can be said to be the product Sri Noor Hussain (Coordinator, IQAC) of these ideas and researches. It is observed that most of the countries of the World today are constantly switching on Sri Sudarshan Roy (Editor / Joint Convenor, IQAC) to the semester system. In China, all schools including of the college acted as the coordinator of the festival. Dif- elementary, middle and high schools, colleges and universi- ferent sports and cultural (musical) competitions were held Arts Block (back) of the college Sri Gautam Roy (Member) ties have semester system of education. Following the foot- in the festival. steps of China, USA and other important nations, our coun- Sri Samuel Sheikh (Member/Co-editor) try also introduced the semester system. Our State Assam QUEST, IQAC News Letter Published by – too has introduced the semester system in the universities Sri Sudarshan Roy on behalf of IQAC Bholanath College, Dhubri IQAC Newsletter, Vol.- 2, August - 2013 Rs. : 10/- 0108 and undergraduate colleges since 2011. Universities of Assam turning to just last minute studies which many stu- pointed out the role and need of all round development and various events of different departments like sports, cultural, introduced semester system for bringing Higher Education dents resort to because of the structure of the cur- empowerment of the girl child in building a nation. The meeting music etc. In the valedictory programme on 1st February at par with the best academic practices and standards being rent evaluation system. followed a programme of “Do as you wish” for the girl child 2013 Dr. Ahijuddin Sheikh, Principal, of the college had dis- followed Worldwide. With the same objective the universi- 6) This system keeps the students in touch with the of the staff of the college to inspire them. tributed the prizes to the winners. ties introduces semester system at the under graduates col- books and other study materials the whole year. It leges affiliated under concerned universities. can prove beneficial for the students. 7) The students will be constantly evaluated and the Some of the objectives of semester system are depth and breadth of their knowledge will improve. a) The semester system allows greater interaction with Celebration of Republic Day 2013 teachers and the students will be more focused on Problems faced by the undergraduate colleges as well (Date: 26/01/2013) Workshop on “Molecular Biology Techniques” preparing throughout the year. as by the students after the introduction of semester (Date: 28/01/2013 & 29/01/2013) b) Sessional examinations act as model tests for the system by Gauhati University The 64th Republic Day of the nation was celebrated end semester examinations. We know that the success of any newly introduced by the college on 26th January 2013. Dr. Ahijuddin Sheikh, c) A detailed account of the student's progress graph educational system depends on it effective implementation. Principal of the college hoisted the natioanal flag at 8 a.m. at can be depicted in semester system. It includes a well competent, sincere and honest administra- the college campus. The principal and the vice-principal of d) The students get more chances to remain well tive staff, proper curriculum design, adequate number of the college delivered important lectures addressing the stu- versed. teaching staff, infrastructure facilities etc. But, after the in- dents and the staff of the college. e) It is also part of the current trend in education sys- troduction of semester system at undergraduate colleges tem in other parts of the country and beyond under Gauhati University it is observed that the academic performance of most of the students deteriorates rather than Merits of semester system: improvements. There are many reasons some of which are Some of the merits of the semester system are summa- mentioned below: Annual College Week 2013 rized as follows - (Date: 27/01/2013 to 01/02/2013) 1) It keeps students busy all year round with the same 1) No scientific approach has been taken by the uni- level of burden instead of piling up of work at the versity to design the curriculum to fit semester sys- end of the year. Comparing it to a annual system it tem. In case of some subjects syllabus is prepared The Institutional Bio-Tech Hub of the college orga- is more flexible and has a slower pace of studies by dividing the one year syllabus into two halves. nized a two-day workshop from 28/01/2013 to 29/01/2013 at which is good for the students. This system forces This problem may be overcome through detailed dis- the college. Mr. Deben Sarma, former professor of Botany the students to study consistently, to work hard, to cussion between the university departments and be self dependent and to manage the time. college teachers of concerned departments. 2) It is a kind of concentrated learning in comparison 2) The semester system impose heavy burden upon the to annual system which is spread over a full year teachers and as well as the students. Sessional ex- and one should try hard at remembering what was aminations, departmental seminars end semester taught in the first month. examination's script evaluation etc. leave lesser 3) Semester system not only helps the students but also amount of time for teachers to concentrate on teach- helps the teachers because they have to teach just ings. In our State Colleges have higher secondary one or two or hardly three units in a semester rather course also. Hence the teachers have more pres- than four or five units for a full year. They need to sure on teaching and as a result it affect the teach- concentrate on lesser number of units. ing skill of the teachers. Some colleges have not The annual college week was organized by the 4) The compulsion of sessional examinations in semes- adequate permanents teaching staff. So, the imple- college on 27th January 2013. The students participated in ter system has made the students presence in col- mentation of semester system in under graduate leges all through the year. Now a days, there are colleges shows a gloomy picture. The authority con- too many distractions available for the youth to go cerned should do the needful for appointment of astray. Engagement in sessional and end semester permanent teachers and to shift the H.S. Courses examinations in the colleges can keep the students to H.S. School in a phased manner. of the college graced the occasion as Guest of Honour in the busy in more fruitful works, which will be person- 3) There are huge number students in our colleges spe- meeting of the workshop. Dr. Jatin Sarma, HOD, Depart- ally beneficial for the students cially in Arts and Commerce streams. Feedback to ment of Biotechnology and Dean Faculty of Science, 5) A scientifically designed semester system allows the students on their assignments, projects, sessional Bodoland University, Kokrajhar acted as resource person in students no luxury of studying at the last moment examinations by the teacher is most essential for the workshop. A good number of participants registered their and still getting good marks in the final examina- learning of the students as well as for proper imple- names in the workshop and successfully acquired hands on tions. In this system no one can afford to take ones mentation of the semester system. A teacher teach- training of different bio-techniques. studies lightly. This is certainly a good point of the ing in a semester to a class of 200 or more students semester system and it will keep everyone working may not find enough time for giving timely and all through their college life seriously rather that through feedback to each and every student either in theory class or assignment.