Shri P.H.G.Municipal Arts & Science College. (Grant in Aid College) Opp. Rotary Club, Ambica Highway, Kalol (N.G.) – 382721, Gujarat [ INDIA ] (Affiliated to Gujarat University, Ahmedabad) Website : http://www.sciencewithhumanity.org E-Mail : [email protected] Managed by : Kalol Taluka Kelwani Mandal Kalol Self Study Report, September 2014 For Re-Accrediation nd [ 2 Cycle ] FOR AFFILIATED COLLEGES Submitted to National Assessment & Accreditation Council Bangalore Preface Gujarat is one of the progressive states in India, divided into 33 districts. Gandhinagar district of Gujarat state is one of the semi urban as well as rural areas. The population of the district is mostly rural, and a majority of the district students are coming from socioeconomically backward segment. Gandhinagar district also has the population of people from Thakore,Patel, Kshatriya , Brahmins, and section of people from minority communities. In Gandhinagar district, ours is the only grant-in-aid Arts and Science college imparting education of Science and Humanities to more than 1600(approx) students every year. Students from ST, SC, minority and other backward classes are financially supported with Government scholarship. It is indeed a matter of pride and pleasure to submit the reaccreditation report of the institution to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Our first assessment by NAAC in 2008 gave us an opportunity to peep within. To become aware of our potentials and our weaknesses, during these five years, we have made an honest effort to achieve better standards in all fields, such as academic, administrative, infrastructural, extracurricular and co-curricular activities. This report is a humble attempt to reflect these improvements. The previous NAAC peer team suggestions and recommendations were valuable for progress. Most of these suggestions and recommendations have been implemented by the college. When we started to prepare this report, the task seemed to be a herculean one but now it becomes possible due to the hard work put forth by all the individuals of our institution. I appreciate all the individuals for investing their time, energy and creativity to produce this significant document. I hope that this report will fulfill the expectations of NAAC and the peer team will appreciate and justify our sincere endeavour. Place: Kalol (N.G) (Dr. K.C.Deshmukh) Date: 20/09 /2014 Principal Shri P.H.G.Muni. Arts & Science College Kalol CONTENT Particulars Page No. A Executive Summary 01 B Profile of the College 11 C Criteria-Wise Inputs 40 Criterion I : Curricular Aspects 41-55 1.1 Curriculum Implementation 42 1.2 Academic Flexibility 47 1.3 Curriculum Enrichment 51 1.4 Feedback System 55 Criterion II : Teaching-Learning And Evaluation 56-81 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 57 2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 61 2.3 Teaching –Learning Process 63 2.4 Teacher Quality 68 2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms 71 2.6 Student Performance and Learning Outomes 79 Criterion III : Research, Consultancy & Extension 82-109 3.1 Promotion of Research 83 3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research 89 3.3 Research Facilities 92 3.4 Research Publications and Awards 94 3.5 Consultancy 97 3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social 100 Responsibility (ISR) 3.7 Collaboration 105 Criterion IV : Infrastructure And Learning resources 110-128 4.1 Physical Facilities 111 4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 119 4.3 IT Infrastructure 124 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 127 Criterion V : Student Support & Progression 129-143 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support 130 5.2 Student Progression 140 5.3 Student Participation and Activities 143 Criterion VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 150-173 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership 151 6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 156 6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies 164 6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization 167 6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) 169 Criterion-VII : Innovations and Best Practices 174-179 7.1 Environment Consciousness 175 7.2 Innovations 177 7.3 Best Practices 179 D Evaluative Report of The Department 191-284 Department of English 192 Department of Hindi 201 Department of Sanskrit 208 Department of History 219 Department of Economics 226 Department of Psychology 233 Department of Gujarati 240 Department of Chemistry 246 Department of Physics 260 Department of Biology 269 Department of Microbiology 277 Department of Mathematics 285 E Post Accreditation Initiatives 289 Annexure-1 Audit Report & Map Annexure-2 Photo Gallery Annexure-3 Letter of Compliance F Declaration by the Head of the Institution 296 Part – A Executive Summary 1 Executive Summary Shri P.H.G.Muni.Arts & Science college has been providing education of science and humanities economically backward, SC/ST/OBC and minority students along with students of creamy and open class category since 1963. The college continues its fifty years journey of academic excellence in imparting quality higher education by responding to academic and administrative challenges. In the nd preparations for its 2 cycle of reaccreditation the college made the self- study report, evaluating in terms of sustenance and enhancement and it has continued improvement of the college in the past five years. Criterion – I : Curricular Aspects: For the last fifty years the institution offers graduation programmes in Chemistry and Microbiology in B.Sc and B.A Graduation in English, Gujarati, Sanskrit, History, Economics and Psychology. The 50 years of Kalol Arts and Science College gives further scope and energy for continued, dynamism in higher education curricular. Initially the institution has set up its own objective mission and vision along with goals and to put the same into practices, the institution has been endeavoring constantly. The institution has a well defined plan for curricular implementation. The basic task of developing curriculum is done by the affiliating Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. The institution frames action plans for effective implementation of curriculum through a timetable committee. Almost all faculty members of the institution are directly or indirectly involved in the process of designing the curriculum, and some of the faculty members are the members of Board of Studies. Some faculty members gave the suggestions for curriculum design according to local and industrial demands. The college offers certificate, diploma and degree courses through BAOU, an open university centre in college premises. 2 To improve fluency in English the institution runs SCOPE and DIGITAL EDUCATION AND LEARNING LABORATORY for all the students in the premises as well as students from other institutions also. The CBCS semester system has been implemented from the academic year 2011-12. The institution monitors and evaluates the quality of its enrichment programmes through the overall analysis of the feedback from the students and through university results. At the end of every academic year, the academic audit of each department is conducted by the respective HOD and the overall audit of the institution is done by the Principal and IQAC coordinator. Criterion-II : Teaching, Learning and Evaluation The teaching, learning and assessment strategies of the institution are devised in such a way as to encourage the students for achieving goals. The students are provided several opportunities to augment their potential for the development of prudence, skill, stewardship, moral value and culture through its multifaceted curricular and co-curricular activities. The college makes maximum effort for the st overall development of students to face global challenges of 21 century and be proud citizens of India. The entry of freshers into the college is made comfortable through, well- administered admission process. Separate admission committee is formulated by the institution for transparency in admission process. Admissions are carried out according to the norms of affiliating university. The criterion for admission is First come first basis in B.A. where as in B.Sc the admissions are allotted on the merit basis. There is a remarkable increase in the number of students seeking admission in semester – I (B.Sc./B.A. program) for the last 2 to 3 years. It is the motto of our management that no student of ST,SC, minority and OBC categories or belonging to any cadre or caste is deprived of his/her right of higher education. and that is why our management permitted the admission of students of one complete division at semester – I level from the year 2013-14. Faculty recruitment process is according to the Gujarat Government policy. But if no N.O.C. is granted by the education department of Gujarat state for the vacant posts of teaching and non teaching staff in the institution, our management 3 appoints teaching, administrative, and laboratory staff. The remuneration expenditure of these staff are borne by the management. 100% course is completed by every faculty member, extra classes are taken if need qrises. Remedial coaching classes are conducted for ST, SC, minority and OBC students. With the introduction of CBCS from 2011 -12 semester system has also been implemented. In this system, according to Gujarat University, weightage of external evaluation is 70% and, weightage of internal evaluation is 30%. For continuous internal evaluation weightages are as below: Mid-semester exam : 15% Seminar/quiz : 05% Attendance : 05% and Writing assignment : 05% So, the student remains studious throughout the semester with his/her personality development. The academic session is planned in accordance with the academic calendar. The formation of students council is according to the merit of marks. The members of student council are appointed in the various college committees. Learning is made students centric by adopting variations in teaching methods. The library and laboratories are well equipped for enhanced teaching and learning. In addition to general library, some of the the departments have the departmental library. The college library is registered with KOHA and is enriched with subjective CDs, number of subjective books, text books, reference books, journals and magazines.