Introduction

While the college has a student centric  approach right fom inception, I.Q.A.C. realized that  actually it was male –student centric approach  as the most vocal students in any higher education institution are male students. Therefore an important thrust area of the college for the last five years has been the overall development of girl students.

Numerically the male-female ratio of admitted students in all programmes is in favour of male students.This is also a reason behind the change of priority from concerns of male students to that of  girl-students.

 

Sr. No	Male  Students Admitted	Female Students Admitted	Percentage of girl students
2018-19	864	747	46.37%
2019-20	960	546	36.25%
2020-21	860	658	43.35%
2021-22	838	610	42.13%

The Practice

In the beginning of every academic year Principal discusses the issue of giving priority to concerns of female-students. Accordingly the faculty plans its activities.

The change can be seen in activities of Home Economics, Sports, Womens Cell, Mentor Mentee scheme, Communication Skills programmes, ICT skills programmes, various entrance exams, Placement, doctoral research,research paper writing, participation in research model competitions etc. The patents awarded to female faculty member are more as compare to male faculty members.

Earlier the focus of institution was more on male students as the girl students never came forward with specific demands. Co-curricular activities, skill development programmes, add-on courses etc. were having greater focus on male students.

Another realization was that most girl students came from lower socio-economic stata. Most of them were underweight, having utter neglect of healthy diet and having below average hemoglobin count. This adversely affected their studies. The aspirations of these girls were adversely affected by their socio-economic background. All they hoped was to get a petty job in the local wholesale market. Without any additional skill or knowledge or certificate what they could get was a job in local shops @ Rs.5000- Rs.6000 per month.

These girls also lacked in communication  and ICT skills.Their participation in research related activities was also relatively low. Another  area where girl students were lagging behind was participation in sports.

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Activities of Home Economics  for Overall Development of Girl Students

 

 

Participation of Girl Students in Sports

 

 Womens Cell  conducts various activities after due consultation with female students.

Chart showing Activities of Womens Cell

 

  

Table showing number of benificiaries ‘health-check-up and

counseling of girl students’ activity

 

 SET/NET and Competitive Exams Study/guidance Centre is functional for more than a decade but during the last five years attempts are made for a better enrollment of female students and better facilities are also provided. During the assessment period a separate reading room for girl students of competitive exams.

 

  Separate reading room for girl students of competitive exams.

  

Chart showing Performance of Girl Students and their placement after Competitive Exams

 

 

Female Candidates Who have Cleared C.A. C.S. Exam and their Placement

 

 

During COVID pandemic,Commerce Economics and English Departments conducted a number of online Programmes on Soft Skills. This was particularly done on the recommendation of female students. This is evident from the fact that more number of female students attended these online programmes as compared to the male students.

 

Programmes on Soft Skills.

 

 Programmes on ICT Skills

 

 

Under the mentor mentee scheme more number of male students were covered in the year 2019-20. But in the year 21-22 purposefully more girl students were engaged.  

Mentor-mentee Scheme  –

Female Students – 82

Male Students –79

 

Improved Performance of Female Students and Staff Members in Research Related Activities

 

1. Gender wise classification of Ph.D. Awarded to admitted students in last Five years

 

2. Gender wise classification Students and Faculty Members who participated in Avishkar Research Festival
3. Gender wise participation in Research Methodology Workshops conducted by college

 

4. Gender wise Research Papers published by faculty members in UGC care Journals in last five years

 

5. Gender wise Books published by faculty members  in last five years

 

6. Gender wise Patent Awarded by faculty members  in last five years