Best practices

      1. Title of the Practice:

Providing specimen copies of books to needy students

      2. Objectives of the Practice:

The main objective behind this practice is to enable the students from economically weaker sections of society to study from good books available. This practice also makes them believe that they are also getting better education facilities, even though their living conditions are not so good. The institution tries to give them equal opportunity of performing well in the examinations by making good books available for them and also saves them from any kind of inferiority complex. The second objective behind this practice is to provide good books to the students who are unable to get them in small town like Gharghoda.

      3. The Context:

The IQAC of the institution recognized that some students belong to economically weaker sections of society and they are not able to purchase good books. In addition to this, books from standard authors and publications are unavailable in Gharghoda town. So, the Principal and the teaching staff of the college decided to give specimen copies of books to the needy students at no cost. The students have related this problem to their mentors and so the decision has been taken for the benefit of the students by IQAC.

     4.  The Practice:

                               i.           The teaching staff of the college is asked to donate their specimen copies of books to the library for needy students. They are also asked to collect books from     other professors and their friends.

                             ii.           It is decided to provide the books to not only the needy students but also to the students who are unable to get good books in Gharghoda town.

                           iii.           The teaching staff of the college scrutinizes the mentor-mentee registers to find out the names of the students who need specimen copies of books.

                           iv.           A separate register is maintained to issue specimen copies of books to the needy students.

                             v.           The students are asked to return the books at the end of the session, so that other students would get the benefit of reading them in next sessions.

The aim to the Higher Education is to provide best education facilities to the students and this practice of providing good books at no cost to students is certainly a great step in this direction.

      5. Evidence of Success:

The following number of students are benefitted from this best practice:

This best practice of providing books certainly helped the students to perform well in the examinations. It also helped in raising their knowledge and confidence level.

      6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

The major problem that is faced in application of this practice is the availability of good books in great numbers. There is a need to arrange more and more books in each and every subject so that the demands of the students would be fulfilled. Another problem is to recognize the necessity of a particular student in the requirement of a book. The institution also faces problem when students don’t return book in the given time.