BEST PRACTICES – I

1. Title: Strategic Categorization of Student’s for academic and Career Upliftment
2. Objectives of the Practice:

         The rationale of strategic categorization of students with the intention:

1. To deploy ways and means of effective implementation of academic aspects.
2. To ensure the progression of student’s academic performance.
3. To incorporate the various key success factors in the academic pedagogy and make the students to be academically perform better.
4. To provide a conducive teaching ambience and build a successful career growth for the students.
5. To provide a desirable and amicable solution both for the Category of the students to avoid any discrimination between them and they must take interest to reach up to a position in due course of time where both the group feel at par with each other.

      3.The Context:

The faculty members need to deal with different types of students such as very intelligent who learn very fast, and quite weak who learn very slowly in the classroom. Therefore, it is required to determine the abilities of the students in the class. Based on the ability determined, some students need only guidance and some students need a hard work and regular attention.

The students are categorized based on various parameters such as preceding university exam performance, current subject performance, class observation, inquisitive to learning, pace of speed towards grasping the subject content etc by which the students has classified in four groups: A,B,C,D.

Each type of student has different form of learning, habits and attitudes. A faculty need to adapt diverse set of practices for each category of students in the form of extra materials pertinent to the subjects, skill based courses, participation in inter-collegiate competition, honing the research appetite by providing entire gamut of inputs, intensive coaching etc.

4. Practice:

The process of identifying the strategic categorization of students for enriching academic of the Students is as shown in the below. The students of a particular batch are assessed on following parameters:

Internal Assessment:

1 .Continuous Internal Assessment –I (CIA) – 50% Marks

2 .Continuous Internal Assessment –II (CIA) – 50% Marks

Based on above assessed parameters students are classified into 4 Groups. i.e A, B, C, D:

• • • If aggregate score in Internal Assessment is < 20%; D Category
    • If aggregate score in Internal Assessment score is ≥ 21% and ≤ 40%; C Category
    • If aggregate score in Internal Assessment score is ≥ 41% and ≤ 60%; B Category
    • If aggregate score in Internal Assessment is > 60%; A Category

A Category:

If the performance score of the student is above 60% in a CIA Exam then the student is considered as A Category. Such students are encouraged to participate in advanced learning related activities as shown below. For encouraging and motivating A category students into some of the special activities, not restricted to, listed herewith are followed:

• • Extra Course Materials is provided.
  • EncouragementParticipationinSeminars/Conferences/Research/InterCollege Competition.
  • Skill based course are conducted
  • Placement Training.

B Category:

This type of category students are encouraged to participate in some different learning related activities as shown below. For encouraging and motivating B category students into some of the special activities listed below.

• • As part of academics, 7 selected important questions are given to the students in each unit during the coaching and also actively encouraging them to participate in Seminars/Conferences/Research/ Inter college Competition with the intention to sharpen their both curricular and co-curricular respectively.

C Category:

If the performance score of the student is between 21% to 40% then the student is considered as C category Learners, for encouraging and motivating C category students into some of the activities listed herewith are followed:

The students are informed to study selected 05 important questions in each Unit as part of academics and special attention given to students belongs to Category C and encouraging participating in Seminars/Conferences/Research/ Inter College Competition and Assignment, language training and club activities are also conducted periodically for the development of students.

D Category:

If the performance score of the student is below 20% then the student is considered as D category Learners. Subject Teachers continuously takes care and monitors the performance of these category learners and do periodic interaction with parents about the performance.For encouraging and motivating D category learner’s special attention is paid to them and a systematic procedure as shown in the below.  

• • Remedial Class
  • One Page Question Bank based on previous University Question paper

• • Coaching Class
  • Personal Attention should be provided by respective subject teacher in teaching
  • Encouragement Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Research/Intercollege Competition
  • Assignments

5. Evidence of Success:

The college by implementing this category system successfully and also got rid of many hurdles. This has resulted in making the system smooth. The examination wing has successfully implemented this systematic procedure for smooth conducting of Continuous Internal Assessments. This has resulted in minimizing work for study and also given effective results in the university Examination, Conducting Achievers day every year which primarily results in securing university ranks and predominantly supports in placement aspects.

6. Problems Encountered and Resource Required:

Problems Encountered:

The Institute had certain problems in the process of implementing this Coaching system over to an education environment. Staffs was to be encouraged and trained to gain confidence to make them feel less intimidated by using pre planned activity for getting expected outcome.

Resource Required:

 The institute to be provided proper schedule for coaching to the students, it can be easy to follow effectively for both the students and respective faculty in charges as a whole.