Annual Quality Assurance Report (aqar) 2013 – 14

The Practice:
The institution has introduced a mechanism for improving professional skill by the way of conducting in-house workshops and trainings to teaching and non – teaching staff. Laying a foundation by way of imparting awareness about the need for skill update and providing lectures is the first step adopted. For this purpose suitable resource persons are invited and talks are delivered.
In the case of teaching staff basics of pedagogy are included in the programme as a training-based degree in education like B. Ed is not mandatory for a career in higher education sector in India. These introductory lectures are not exhaustive as many of the faculty members are trained teachers. In addition to teaching skill (including ICT tools), sessions on academic writing, research methodology and basic counselling skills are also being imparted.
During the AQAR reporting year of 2013 – 14, the institution has conducted two training programmes for faculty members of which the first one was aimed exclusively at Assistant Professors who joined service after 2010. This was a two-day’ Faculty Development Programme held on 21^st and 22^nd of June2013, sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC). The event was co-sponsored by Muslim Educational Society (MES). The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Kadavanad Mohammed, Correspondent and Chairman, Standing Committee on MES Colleges. Seventy one Assistant Professors from various MES Colleges participated. Dr K Kesavan, IQAC Co-ordinator was the co-ordinator and Smt Bindu Jamal, Associate Professor, PG Dept. of English was the Joint Convener of the programme.
A faculty development programme was conducted on 9^th January 2014 on “Innovative Teaching Methodology” sponsored by The Kerala State Higher Education Council and organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and PG Dept. of Economics. DR K. P. Suresh, Professor, School of Pedagogical Sciences, MG University, Kottayam was the resource person.
An half – day workshop session on MOODLE was organised on 18^th of June 2014. 74 teachers were benefited by the training session. This was a parallel session held in connection with NAAC sponsored national conference on “Role of ICT in Institutional Quality Enhancement – Analyzing Current Status and Exploring New Frontiers’ conducted on 17^th and 18^th of June 2014.

Training programmes for non-teaching staff are focused on computer based office management and familiarization with online file transactions. The department of computer Science of the college is actively involved in providing technical knowledge to administrative staff. The library personnel are given special attention in such sessions as the library is almost fully computerized. Service of external resource persons are also sought whenever necessary. A training programme on SPARK (Service Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala) was organized in March 2013. SPARK is a network-based integrated Personnel Payroll and Accounts information system for all the employees in Government of Kerala. A training programme on office administration and management was conducted for office staff on 1^st February 2014. The programme was led by Mr Rasheed, Under Secretary (Retd), Kerala Public Service Commission.