Government First Grade College Hanagodu

SWOC-Report

1. SWOC

Govt. First Grade College, Hanagodu, Mysuru Dist.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell ( IQAC)

 Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges (SWOC)

 Institutional Strength:

• Affiliated to the University of Mysore the college at present offers programs in undergraduate programs such as BA, & B. Com.
• The College is located in the calm and peaceful natural surroundings, miles away from the buz of moving vehicles and crowd of the city, prevailing suitable atmosphere for better learning and teaching.
• Good governance of the institution along with disciplined and peaceful academic atmosphere.
• Institution provides quality education with nominal fee structure.
• Eminent Teachers with four PhD holders and other 2 are at the verge of completion of their doctoral.
• Provided separate restroom for female students and Ladies’ staff, and committees like women redressal cell, sexual harassment cell etc…to ensure women protection.
• Technology Integrated teaching and learning activities.
• Involvement of students in extension activities and community services through NSS, Rowers and Rangers, Red-Cross Unit etc. to create service mindedness.
• Implementation of green practices to create awareness regarding environmental protection.
• We provide lot of opportunities in sports & cultural activities to cater to all round development of the students.

 Institutional Weakness:

• As majority of our students are from rural and tribal background and do not have access and exposure to English language skills.
• Minimum number of admissions due to lack of feeding colleges. We have only one Pre-University college as feeding institution.
• Our Library is partially equipped, do not have access to e-resources.
• The irregularity of students as most of the students come from rural families.
• Majority of our girl students end up dropouts due to marriage and poor economic background.

Institutional Opportunity:

• • Being in remote and rural set up, it is an opportunity to become a center of interdisciplinary learning to inculcate knowledge using best practices among the rural and deprived community.
  • Imparting quality education to the rural, deprived student community to face the global competitive world.
  • Preparing students for the competitive exams through special/coaching classes to help the rural and backward students.
  • Enhancing the quality of education through integrating ICT system, increase smart classes, encourage usage of online learning platforms to both the students and the staff.
  • Make use of conducive rural environment to actively involve in social extension activities and conduct out-reach programs.
  • Installation of water harvesting system, solar panels, waste management system in the premises for the beautification of college campus.
  • Improve English language communicative skills to face the competitive world with confidence.
  • To achieve cent percent attendance and increase placement opportunities for students in govt. sectors.

Institutional Challenge:

• To bring down the number of drop-out students due to socio-economic reasons.

• To convince the parents in the matters of money, transportation and early marriage in the case of a female students that add to the dropouts. 

• To enable students to converse in fluent English and prepare them to face the interviews confidently through increasing their language proficiency.
• Difficult govt. procedures to approvals for projects/infrastructure and appointment/transfer of teaching and non-teaching faculty.
• To get recognition as a research centre from the affiliated University.
• Difficult to generate funds for research and infrastructure purposes as the institution is in the remote locality.
• To improve parent participation and Alumni involvement in the development of the college.