NAAC SSR January 2016 KUNJUKRISHNAN NADAR MEMORIAL GOVERNMENT ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE KANJIRAMKULAM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, 695524 SELF STUDY REPORT FOR 2ND CYCLE OF RE-ACCREDITATION SUBMITTED TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL BANGALORE JANUARY 2016 1 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 CONTENTS TITLE PAGE NO PREFACE 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 NAAC SUGGESTIONS AND ACTION TAKEN 12 PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE 14 I. CURRICULAR ASPECTS 26 II. TEACHING - LEARNING AND EVALUATION 46 III. RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION 79 IV. INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES 114 V. STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 129 VI. GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 150 VII. INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 176 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS 184 DECLARATION FROM THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION 2 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 PREFACE K.N.M. Government Arts & Science College is located at Kanjiramkulam, the southernmost region in Kerala state, near the coastal area of Neyyattinkara Taluk in Thiruvananthapuram district, the capital of Kerala. It is a thickly populated village with a major section of the inhabitants finding their livelihood in agriculture and fishing. The village is very close to the Arabian Sea. It takes a triangular shape with one edge the internationally reputed tourist place Kovalam and the international trans-shipment container terminal Vizhinjam; the second edge the coastal village of Poovar and the Tamilnadu border district of Kanyakumari; with the third side being Neyattinkara, a place on the bank of the river Neyyar, which is the centre place of social reform movements. In the early days of the twentieth century South Kerala was a region of socially, economically and educationally backward people. But a galaxy of selfless workers, far sighted men, social activists, social cultural and religious organizations under the banner of Kanjiramkulam Pradesika Sabha (Kanjiramkulam Regional Assembly) lead by Shri. M Kunjukrishnan Nadar brought about an all round development of the village. Later Kanjiramkulam was the centre of the village upliftment committee headed by Sri. P K Sathyamoorthy, who was honored by granting the national award for the Best Teacher. The first high school in south Kerala was established in Kanjiramkulam by Sri. P K Sathyanesan, during the reign of His Highness Visakom Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore. The school produced eminent luminaries known nationally and internationally and celebrated its centenary recently. It is not polemical to state that the cultural history of south Kerala started in Kanjiramkulam Village. Sri M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar realized that development of a society can be achieved only through education which is to be channelized by Panchayats. At that time the Government of Kerala framed some projects to be implemented through some “self reliant” villages. Consequently, they selected 113 “self-reliant” villages and Kanjiramkulam was one among them. We feel proud to have Kanjiramkulam keeping its place second in rank among the most literate villages in the highly literate state of Kerala. The Panchayath has 5 lower primary 3 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 schools, four high schools, four pre primary schools and three continuing education centres attached to it. But the Panchayath lacks facilities for higher education. Students have to go to Thiruvananthapuram, which is 30 Km. away form Kanjiramkulam for their higher studies. Shri. Kunjukrishnan Nadar, the prominent social reformer and MLA was in the front of the agitation for starting a college in this area. The long cherished dream of Sri. Kunjukrishnan Nadar and the aspiration of the people of Kanjiramkulam and other areas were fulfilled when the Government of Kerala sanctioned the start of Government College at Kanjiramkulam. The achievement was the outcome of the sponsoring committee chaired by Shri M R Reghu Chandra Bal, the then president of Kanjiramkulam Panchayath. Necessary affiliation was granted by the University of Kerala to start a junior college with two batches of pre-degree having strength of 80 students each for the Humanities and Commerce groups. The college was formally inaugurated on 27th October 1982 by Shri K Karunakaran, the honourable Chief Minister of Kerala. Dr. P M Madhu Soodanan assumed charge of the principal of the college on 2nd November 1982. The college was affiliated to the University of Kerala. The college was named as KUNJUKRISHNAN NADAR MEMORIAL GOVERNEMENT ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE KANJIRAMKULAM as per G O (M.S) No 79/83/ H.Edn. Dated 18th April 1983. The first graduate course was started in the year 1992 with Economics as main subject. In 1995 B.A. in Sociology was sanctioned. K.N.M. Government College is the only Government College, which offers this course. In 1997 the college was shifted to the present “H” shaped building. In the 1998 - 2000 periods, Pre Degree batches were de-linked from the college and two new graduate courses were started (BSc Mathematics and B Com). In 1999 this college was affiliated to the UGC and the college got 12 (B) and 2(f) status. In 2004 BA in Communicative English, the one and only course of its kind in the Government sector was started. Now the college has five graduate courses and a post graduate course 1. B A Economics 2. B A Sociology 3. B Sc Mathematics 4. B Com (Tax Procedure and practice) 4 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 5. B A Communicative English 6. M A in Sociology Along with aided courses the college also has three self financing certificate courses and three add on courses. At present 656 students with 282 boys and 404 girls are studying in the college. Also there are 31dedicated teachers and 20 non-teaching staff. The college has a well functioning PTA, Old Students Association, N S S, Women Study Unit, Continuing Education Unit and other developmental organizations. Now the college is equipped with an air-conditioned seminar hall, a language lab , a studio with editing facilities, a centralized computer centre , EDUSAT studio Physics laboratory, Mahtematics lab , Data Analysis lab and EDP lab which a college in Government sector hardly possesses. Today KNM Government Arts and Science College shines as the only one treasure house of knowledge in the Government sector in Neyyattinkara Taluk. Milestones of this college 1981 Establishment of college 1982 Affiliated to University of Kerala 1991 First degree course ( Economics ) 1995 Second degree course ( Sociology) 1997 Shifted to New Building 1998 De-linking of Pre-Degree from college 1999 Two more degree courses (Mathematics and Commerce) 1999 UGC Affiliation ( 2 (F) & 12 B) 2000 First Rank in BA Sociology 2000 Physics Lab 2001 Establishment of Continuing Education Unit ( CEU) 2001 Certificate Course in Library Science ( CEU) 2002 First Rank in Commerce 2002 Certificate in Tally and JCIT ( CEU) 2004 Degree course in Communicative English 2004 Separation of Departments 2005 Language Lab 5 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 2005 Women’s Study Unit 2007 LAN centre and Seminar Hall ( APJ Abdul Kalam Hall) 2007 Computerization of Library 2007 Add on Courses ( Government of Kerala) 2007 NAAC Accreditation process started 2007 Organized State Seminar for college teachers for the first time 2008 Career Oriented Courses (UGC) 2008 NAAC accredited with B Grade 2008 Establishment of IQAC 2010 the website of the college hoisted 2011 First rank in B com 2011 EDUSAT and INFLIBNET 2012 First PG course in sociology was introduced 2012 The work of new block commenced 2013 First rank in English 2014 Reaccreditation process started 2015 University level NSS best volunteer award 2016 SSR Submitted 6 KNM Government Arts & Science College Kanjiramkulam NAAC SSR January 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CURRICULAR KNM Government Arts and Science College, Kanjiramkulam Trivandrum is the first Government college in Neyyattinkara Taluk having 5 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate programme. The application for starting a Research Centre attached to the Department of Sociology is in the university for final decision . Three job oriented Certificate programme are offered by the Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension Centre of the College. The introduction of Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS) in 2010 by the University, offers the College greater academic flexibility in offering elective and open courses at the undergraduate level. Semester System was introduced for Postgraduate programme. The College offers new initiatives like Walk With a Scholar (WWS) Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) and Scholar Support programme (SSP) to the student community. The vision mission and objectives of the college is to impart value based quality education which makes the students socially committed .Teachers actively involved in curriculum design and development of the affiliating University as they are members of Academic Council, Faculty Boards, Board of Studies and subject experts of curriculum revision committees of UG/PG .The goals and objectives of the College are integrated into the academic curriculum as much as possible to ensure that expected learning outcomes are attained. TEACHING LEARNING AND EVALUATION: The admissions to the various courses were processed centrally through online Admission Portal by the University.