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Best Practices - I

Towards A Clean, Green, Eco-Friendly College Campus

Objectives of the Practice:

We are determined to contribute to a clean, green, and more habitable earth. Towards that end we engage in several activities throughout the year. Besides promoting environmental awareness, such initiatives also foster a feeling of camaraderie between different stakeholders of the institution.

The Context:

The indiscriminate turning of open spaces into residential complexes, the growing number of vehicles is adversely affecting the quality of life in the small, beautiful town of Malbazar. We have endeavoured to develop the sprawling campus of our college as an eco-friendly space exhibiting mankind’s harmony with nature.

The Practice:

This eco-friendly and cleanliness drive is undertaken at several quarters. Plantation and restoration of greeneries throughout the year is pivotal in this regard.

Saplings of local species, are collected from the nursery and planted on our college campus on different occasions

In 2016, we planted some medicinal herbs, procured from local sources, that has initiated a herbal garden with immense nutritional value. The stock has been augmented with botanical plants over the years.

Mahogany trees, have been purchased from the nursery of the Social Forestry Department, Government of West Bengal. A beautiful garden has thus been initiated on our campus whose value will only grow with time.

While the trees keep the air fresh for us, we reciprocate by keeping our campus clean and free from hazardous wastes. Solid waste management is a step taken by us in this direction. We have considerably reduced the use of plastic in our campus.

The garbage is collected in two containers:
one for biodegradable products and the other for non-biodegradable products. We hand over the nonbiodegradable products to the scrap collectors for recycling. The biodegradable products are dropped in a manure pit whereby they decompose as fertilizer that is used to nourish our greeneries.

Campus cleaning is an obvious activity we engage in. The NCC cadets lead from the front in this regard and their activities often reach beyond the college campus. They have engaged in hospital cleaning, neighbourhood cleaning, river cleaning and bus stop cleaning.

The college has a registered alumni association which arranges several programmes like cleanliness drive that reflect their passionate involvement in the welfare of the college

Evidence of Success:

Set on the banks of Mal River, near Songachi tea estate in western Dooars, the college has a locational beauty of its own. The sprawling campus of the institution abounds in greeneries with the herbal garden and mahogany garden, and a small park. The campus is picturesque and refreshing. The Green audit has been successfully conducted.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

This is a long-term, ambitious project that demands regular, meticulous care. The lockdown enforced by the pandemic interfered into our solid management initiative and grossly depleted the herbal garden which had to be replenished with the resumption of campus activities. If we can develop a means of processing the fertilizer produced through decomposed waste materials, then it will open scope for revenue generation of the institution.
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Best Practices - II

Skill Enhancement Drive for a Self-Reliant Future

Objectives of the Practice:

As an educational institution we are mission bound to lead our students towards a bright, prosperous future. We engage in several activities round the year, to identify and nurture their different skills. The basic objective is to enable them to let go of their inhibitions, and sharpen their latent qualities, thereby enhancing their employability prospects in the competitive world.

The Context:

Often first-generation learners in their family, our students need an extra push to break their shackles and present their innate talent before all. We provide training, arrange programmes and competitions throughout the year for our students.

The Practice:

The skill enhancement drive is undertaken at several quarters. We strive to make teaching learning interactive and participatory. The student seminars, group discussions, departmental wall magazines prepared by the students sharpen their critical thinking, power of literary and artistic expression.

We have started some courses and workshops where interested students can register for free and sharpen their skills. The Add-On Courses on Communicative English, Nepali Lekhan Shaili, Art of Review, the Abbritti Shikshon Kormoshala, a workshop on recitation skills in Bengali, are some pointed steps in this direction.

We have signed MOU with other organisations like Rice Education, The George Telegraph Training Institute, Frank Finn: Institute of Airhostess Training, Skill Hut, Brain Development Computer Academy to enhance the skills of our students and open avenues of employment for them.

We observe Students’ Week, every year, when students get to participate in different competitions and events. In 2019 we hosted the Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri District Level Youth Parliament Competition on our college campus.

The ultimate end of the skill enhancement initiative is to brighten the employable prospects of the students. We strive to sensitize our students about different job opportunities. The webinar on ‘Employability Prospects in Bio-Science’, the interactive session with Sri Sujit Lama from Matiali Police Station, the programme on Officer, Entry Scheme in Army, Navy and Airforce are some examples in this regard.

Evidence of Success:

The enthusiastic participation of the students in large numbers in these programmes is encouraging.
Our students are well placed in life as academicians, vocalist, theatre actor, and have even served as spoken English teacher. Two of our students are at present working as SACT in the Hindi and Nepali departments of our college. In the district level Youth Parliament Competition in 2019, we received the second position, besides grabbing the best speaker prize as well. However, the greatest award for us has always been the sincere effort, spontaneous participation, and continued support of our students in all our endeavours.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

The sprawling campus remains abuzz with activity which could have been conducted on a wider scale had there been no shortage of some essential resources. We are badly missing a proper auditorium. A language lab too would be immensely useful.
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