Aditanar college of arts and science

CRITERION II: TEACHING - LEARNING AND EVALUATION

2.1 Student Enrollment and Profile

2.1.1 How does the college ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process?

All the necessary information regarding the courses offered, fee structure, the details of faculty, admission process, fee concession and scholarships are given and made known to the admission seekers through the college website.

Advertisements are given in the ‘Daily Thanthi’, a renowned Tamil daily newspaper.

The institution issues a prospectus along with the application, which contains details of admission, courses offered, fee structure and other salient features of our college.

The students of higher secondary schools who visit the college to participate in various competitions are informed about our college to pursue their higher education.

Information Service Centre of our college serves as an agency of public relations on the campus of our college. It is manned by two teachers and twelve students. It helps the students to fill in the application forms for admission and select the course of their choice. It answers the various queries of the candidates and their parents regarding admission, fee structure, courses offered and the salient features of the college. The service of this kind plays a significant role with the parents and students since the college is located in a rural area.

An admission committee is formed with the Principal and three senior faculty members, of which one is from the SC/ST community. The Office and the Information Centre computerize all the applications received and a merit list is prepared.

Through the counselling system, total transparency is ensured in the admission process. The selection list and the waiting list are displayed in the notice board. If there is any vacancy in the reserved quota, it is also displayed. Thus, transparency is ensured in the admission process.

The alumni association and parent teachers association also actively assist in the admission of students for various courses.

2.1.2 Explain in detail the criteria adopted and process of admission (Ex. (i)merit (ii) common admission test conducted by state agencies and national agencies (iii) combination of merit and entrance test or merit, entrance test and interview (iv) any other) to various programmes of the Institution.
Admissions are made as per the guidelines of the Government of Tamil Nadu as stated below:

1. 
   10% of the seats are reserved as management quota.
   

2. 
   The remaining 90% of the seats are filled on the basis of merit and the communal reservation policy as prescribed below:
   

Open Competition (OC) - 31%

Backward Class (BC) - 30%(3.5%for Muslims)

Most Backward Class (MBC) - 20%

Scheduled Caste (SC) - 18%

Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 1%

3. 
   Certain seats are reserved for special categories as detailed below:
   

Sports Quota U.G. – 3% of the total seats.

P.G. – 2% of the total seats.
Physically Handicapped UG – 3% of the total seats.

Ex-servicemen quota UG – 6 seats.

For candidates of the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar: U.G. – 2 seats.

Our college adopts open counselling system for admitting new entrants. An applicant can opt for a maximum of five courses in a single application. After receiving the filled in application forms for all courses, a rank list for each course is prepared after scrutiny. While receiving the application forms, candidates are provided with written information about the date and time of counseling for admission. Those candidates who have sent their applications by post are informed of the counselling details by post. Counselling is conducted for two days viz., the first day for the science discipline and the second day for the arts discipline.

The Committee headed by the Principal, concerned department head, and other staff members will invite the candidates as per their rank and government reservation policy. Candidates, if selected for more than one courses, can opt for the course of their preference. The selected students will be issued admission card on the spot by the Principal. This procedure is followed till all the applications/candidates are exhausted.

As per the Government norms, it is not necessary for an Aided college like ours to admit students through common admission test conducted by the state or the national agencies. Further, our college does not offer any professional course. Our college admits the students only on merit basis.

2.1.3 Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks for admission at entry level for each of the programmes offered by the college and provide a comparison with other colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district.

No.	Programme	Year	Aditanar College of Arts and Science, Tiruchendur		Govindammal Aditanar College for Women, Tiruchendur
			Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
1.	B. A. English	2009 –20 10	42.63	89.38	43.50	90.50
		2010 – 2011	47.88	91.63	37.00	90.00
		2011 – 2012	40.63	82.34	35.00	95.00
		2012 – 2013	46.50	87.00	77.50	94.00
		2013 – 2014	39.50	83.50	62.00	94.00
2.	B. A. Economics	2009 –20 10	37.25	80.88	44.13	89.88
		2010 – 2011	40.13	83.50	44.38	84.38
		2011 – 2012	45.88	92.75	44.13	89.75
		2012 – 2013	39.63	81.88	44.75	86.25
		2013 – 2014	40.88	81.13	49.25	72.37
3.	B. Sc	2009 –20 10	47.50	84.50	45.75	98.75
	Mathematics	2010 – 2011	31.50	80.88	43.38	93.00
		2011 – 2012	38.50	79.25	42.88	95.75
		2012 – 2013	40.13	77.38	72.63	95.88
		2013 – 2014	44.38	81.13	51.00	94.63
4.	B. Sc	2009 –20 10	48.38	81.88	45.75	96.13
	Physics	2010 – 2011	46.75	89.00	43.38	89.25
		2011 – 2012	43.13	75.75	43.13	87.25
		2012 – 2013	42.00	70.75	76.00	91.88
		2013 – 2014	42.63	88.88	59.63	84.88
5.	B. Sc	2009 – 2010	47.50	83.38	44.88	90.75
	Chemistry	2010 – 2011	41.25	81.25	43.38	83.63
		2011 – 2012	46.25	82.25	44.25	90.13
		2012 – 2013	49.50	83.38	61.50	79.50
		2013 – 2014	44.38	85.13	51.13	82.23
6.	B. Sc	2009 – 2010	44.38	78.75	43.38	91.50
	Zoology	2010 – 2011	42.75	79.75	43.38	94.88
		2011 – 2012	42.63	72.25	43.13	87.00
		2012 – 2013	42.88	65.13	56.88	82.13
		2013 – 2014	41.25	65.75	45.63	72.25
7.	B. Sc	2009 – 2010	33.13	87.25	45.75	91.75
	Computer	2010 – 2011	46.38	79.75	43.38	94.88
	Science	2011 – 2012	52.88	84.50	40.00	91.50
		2012 – 2013	41.00	80.63	48.88	89.25
		2013 – 2014	62.50	85.50	43.63	86.13
8.	B. Com	2009 – 2010	39.88	91.63	46.75	98.25
		2010 – 2011	55.38	99.13	43.00	97.00
		2011 – 2012	40.35	91.60	40.00	95.88
		2012 – 2013	69.38	98.00	64.50	92.00
		2013 – 2014	53.38	94.00	63.63	98.75
9.	B.B.A	2009 – 2010	48.75	96.50	44.13	98.25
		2010 – 2011	66.13	98.75	44.88	98.75
		2011 – 2012	65.75	97.88	47.75	95.50
		2012 – 2013	53.00	95.50	66.00	94.25
		2013 – 2014	45.75	89.88	47.00	91.00
10.	B. Com	2009 – 2010	51.75	86.88	46.25	95.13
	with	2010 – 2011	40.00	92.25	44.25	93.00
	Computer	2011 – 2012	50.75	89.38	33.88	98.13
	Application	2012 – 2013	51.75	96.50	61.75	95.13
		2013 – 2014	44.88	94.75	65.38	94.25
11.	M. A. Economics	2009 – 2010	49.92	76.78	Programme not available	Programme not available
		2010 – 2011	50.09	67.64
		2011 – 2012	49.36	76.04
		2012 – 2013	45.93	69.31
		2013 – 2014	44.45	71.90
12.	M. A. English	2009 – 2010	38.92	64.00	Programme not available	Programme not Available
		2010 – 2011	41.46	68.06
		2011 – 2012	40.64	72.22
		2012 – 2013	46.80	72.27
		2013 – 2014	49.68	72.22
12.	M. Sc Maths	2009 – 2010	63.07	95.57	67.25	95.25
		2010 – 2011	49.36	81.27	65.31	96.38
		2011 – 2012	48.75	93.56	62.06	95.00
		2012 – 2013	60.05	95.10	69.40	94.60
		2013 – 2014	57.70	94.20	65.00	98.00
13.	M. Sc Chemistry	2009 – 2010	58.50	83.93	Programme not available	Programme not available
		2010 – 2011	54.81	85.47
		2011 – 2012	54.60	82.53
		2012 – 2013	64.70	90.04
		2013 – 2014	62.42	85.39
14.	M. Sc Zoology	2011 – 2012	51.73	75.40	Programme not available	Programme not available
		2012 – 2013	59.68	89.32
		2013 – 2014	59.05	89.80

2.1.4 Is there a mechanism in the institution to review the admission process and students profiles annually? If ‘yes’ what is the outcome of such an effort and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process ?

Yes. Our college admission committee reviews the admission process after the admission is over. In addition to that, Joint Directorate of Collegiate Education verifies the admission process of our college.
2.1.5 Reflecting on the strategies adopted to increase/improve access for following categories of students, enumerate on how the admission policy of the institution and its student profiles demonstrate/reflect the National commitment to diversity and inclusion

a) SC / ST

Application is issued to the students belonging to SC/ST category free of cost.

Government norms on reservation policies are strictly followed. (18% for SC and 1% for ST)

One senior member from the SC/ST community is included in the admission committee to ensure that no students are deprived of their privileges.
b) BC / MBC

Government policy is strictly followed

c) Women

Only boys are admitted in UG courses except Zoology. Girls are admitted in all PG and M. Phil courses. There is no separate reservation for girl students. The details are given below:

Year	Men	Women
2010 – 2011	1264	205
2011 – 2012	1321	227
2012 – 2013	1310	225
2013 - 2014	1276	222

d) Differently – abled

As per the reservation policy of the Government, eligible differently-abled candidates are admitted. Reservation quota is followed during counselling itself.
e) Economically weaker section

There are no criteria for admitting economically weaker students. Since the college is located in a rural area, most of the students are from economically weaker sections.

f) Minority community

As per the Government norms, 3.5% of the seats are allotted to minority community (Muslims) within the quota reserved for BC.

g) Sports Personnel

As per the reservation policy of the Government, students with meritorious sports background are given admission under sports quota. (3% for UG and 2% for PG). Our Management provides funds to the sportsmen to pursue their studies.

2.1.6 Provide the following details for various programmes offered by the institution during the last four years and comment on the trends. i.e. Reasons for increase / decrease and actions initiated for improvement.

Programmes	Academic year	No.of Applications Received	No. of Students Admitted	Demand Ratio
B.A Economics	2010-11	43	64*	0.67
	2011-12	45	63	0.71
	2012-13	62	64	0.97
	2013-14	58	59	0.98
B.A English	2010-11	80	45	1.78
	2011-12	92	32	2.88
	2012-13	83	44	1.89
	2013-14	89	38	2.34
B.B.A	2010-11	155	62	2.50
	2011-12	95	44	2.16
	2012-13	149	53	2.81
	2013-14	74	43	1.72
B.Com	2010-11	235	64	3.67
	2011-12	171	64	2.67
	2012-13	259	64	4.05
	2013-14	236	64	3.68
B.Com (C.A)	2010-11	38	45	0.84
	2011-12	32	42	0.76
	2012-13	39	42	0.92
	2013-14	42	40	1.05
B.Sc Maths	2010-11	42	34	1.24
	2011-12	51	32	1.59
	2012-13	40	25	1.60
	2013-14	47	35	1.34
B.Sc Physics	2010-11	43	33	1.30
	2011-12	35	29	1.21
	2012-13	20	26	0.77
	2013-14	45	32	1.41
B.Sc Chemistry	2010-11	80	39	2.05
	2011-12	56	38	1.47
	2012-13	55	37	1.49
	2013-14	63	37	1.70
B.Sc Zoology	2010-11	48	26	1.85
	2011-12	40	27	1.48
	2012-13	39	24	1.63
	2013-14	37	28	1.32
B.Sc Comp Sci	2010-11	77	24	3.20
	2011-12	70	24	2.92
	2012-13	78	24	3.25
	2013-14	100	24	4.17
M.A Economics	2010-11	46	30	1.53
	2011-12	45	30	1.50
	2012-13	37	30	1.23
	2013-14	17	17	1.00
M.A English	2010-11	38	28	1.36
	2011-12	40	30	1.33
	2012-13	53	30	1.77
	2013-14	63	30	2.10
M.Sc Maths	2010-11	34	25	1.36
	2011-12	41	25	1.64
	2012-13	55	24	2.29
	2013-14	67	25	2.68
M.Sc Chemistry	2010-11	34	24	1.42
	2011-12	32	19	1.68
	2012-13	36	25	1.44
	2013-14	37	22	1.68
M.Sc Zoology	2011-12	4	4	1.00
	2012-13	31	20	1.55
	2013-14	29	20	1.45
M.Phil Economics	2010-11	19	12	1.58
	2011-12	19	15	1.27
	2012-13	18	13	1.38
	2013-14	9	9	1.00
M.Phil English	2010-11	9	9	1.00
	2011-12	25	15	1.67
	2012-13	40	15	2.67
	2013-14	31	15	2.07
M.Phil Maths	2010-11	19	15	1.27
	2011-12	20	15	1.33
	2012-13	26	15	1.73
	2013-14	21	15	1.40
M.Phil Chemistry	2010-11	9	9	1.00
	2011-12	23	10	2.30
	2012-13	15	10	1.50
	2013-14	9	6	1.50
M.Phil Zoology	2013-14	5	5	1.00