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Institutional Distinctiveness
The Institution prioritises the empowerment of women by providing education to girls coming from all walks of life. The quality education provided by the Institution to these girls enables them to embark on a career of their choice. The College provides a safe and secure environment which enables the students to pursue their studies without facing any hindrance. The students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities to help them develop their potential in areas beyond academia. Sports facilities including Gymnasium and Yoga classes encourage the students in developing their physical fitness and help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. The NSS unit of the College inculcates in the students a sense of social responsibility and patriotism and makes them aware of their duties as responsible citizens of the country. The needy sections of the students are provided with fellowship and financial assistance by the College from different grants, which enables them to overcome their financial restraints and helps them finish their graduation and achieve their goal in life. Career counselling programs provided by the College helps students to explore various career opportunities after their graduation. Thus the College promotes the overall growth of its students and helps them achieve their highest potential in life.
Portray the performance of the Institution in one area distinctive to its priority and thrust:
“Educating and empowering the girl student at the graduate level in both the UG and PG levels and also male students in the PG level”
Rammohan College is a women’s college and naturally its priority and thrust area is the all-round development and empowerment of its students at both UG and PG levels (Physiology and Bengali) The College aims to uphold the principles enshrined in the teachings of Raja Rammohan Roy, the first modernizer in the socio-cultural history of India. The College, therefore, prioritizes the empowerment of women by providing not only education to its students but also provides a wide range of extra-curricular activities that helps to lead to the intellectual, physical and mental wellbeing of the students. Apart from the educational courses offered, there are also various other programmes and events concerning sports, including gymnasium and yoga classes, NSS, NCC, gender and environmental awareness programmes. There are different fellowships and scholarships offered to meritorious and needy students. These financial grants enable the students to overcome their financial restraints and help them to complete their graduation. Career counselling programmes organized by the College help students to explore various career opportunities after completion of their graduation. Psychological counselling is provided to students to overcome their fears and anxieties, gender discrimination at home and in inter-personal relationships, and any other issue that causes them mental distress. The students in this College come from all strata in society. In spite of differences in their sociocultural and economic profiles they enjoy a harmonious environment within the college campus, which ensures in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Unity in Diversity’.
In the context of gender equity, a lot of programmes have been undertaken by the NSS Unit of the College, Women’s Cell and Internal Complaints Cell (ICC) regarding Health and Hygiene, Cancer types specific to women, Aids Awareness, Mother and Girl Child Care, Women’s Education, Women’s Rights, Domestic violence and overall gender awareness. The Internal Complaints Cell (ICC) patronizes such programmes either on its own, or in collaboration with the Women’s Cell and NSS. Apart from this the College has an Anti-Ragging Cell. However, no complaints have been lodged in the Anti-Ragging Cell till date. There also exists an RTI (Right to Information) Cell and a Grievance Redressal Cell, where students can submit their complaints. Such complaints are redressed accordingly by the Grievance Redressal Cell and the College Authorities, at the earliest.
The Choice Based Education System (introduced by the University of Calcutta) and the New Education Policy has made Skill Enhanced Courses mandatory. The Social Science departments have to study about Museums and Archives exhaustively along with compulsory visits to these places. So the Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum is visited almost regularly by College students in order to understand the construction and functioning of a Museum and the importance of Heritage Studies.
Another focus area of the college is in terms of generating environmental consciousness among its students. It also creates awareness about alternative sources of energy, such as, solar energy and rainwater harvesting, which are part of the anti-pollution drive of the College. As an eco-friendly campus, certain measures have been undertaken, such as, restricted entry of automobiles, pedestrian-friendly pathways and use of LED bulbs. The campus is plastic-free. Landscaping is done with trees and plants and there is a medicinal plant garden as well.
The institution provides a disabled-friendly, barrier-free environment with ramps and lifts for ensuring easy access to classrooms. There is also the provision for disabled-friendly washrooms.
The institution celebrates and organizes national and international commemorative days, events and festivals. The NSS Unit of the College makes arrangements to celebrate various national and international commemorative days, with the participation of students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff. These include – Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, Raja Rammohan Roy’s birth anniversary, Raja Rammohan Roy’s death anniversary, NSS Day, Yoga Day, among others. Librarians' Day was celebrated on 12th August 2023 to commemorate the birthday of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, the father of Library Science.
Sensitization of students and employees of the Institution to the constitutional obligations is practised by inculcating values, rights including women’s rights, duties and responsibilities of the citizens, among them. The College promotes education in the widest sense to make it a comprehensive training of the mind, heart and body, that is, conducive to the ‘greatest good of the greatest number’. For instance, the Awareness Programme on Cancer – such as, breast cancer, cervical cancer and uterine cancer – which affect women mostly, helped to generate awareness about these cancer types and certain lifestyle changes were suggested to the girl students that would help reduce the risk of contracting this fatal disease. In the Awareness Programme on Mental Health, mental health issues were highlighted, as these need to be addressed with due seriousness. As women form the backbone of the family and consequently the Society, steps taken to nurture the mental health of the girl child would ultimately lead to gender equity in society. In fact, this is why counselling sessions are organized and encouraged in the College, so that students are in a better position to tackle their problems.
Fundamental values like honesty, integrity, sincerity and discipline are inculcated among the students to make them responsible citizens, aware of their Fundamental Rights and Duties. The Constitution of India, which contains the basic philosophy and supreme law of the land is also being taught in the College. The students are sensitized about their responsibility and role in the electoral process. This helps them to become aware and dutiful citizens. The Electoral Literacy Club started on 5th January 2023 plays an important role in this.
The efforts of Rammohan College in its priority area have borne fruit. This is exemplified by the achievements of the students who have made significant progress in life and the list of notable alumni of the college.
Another major step by Rammohan College in its thrust area is the signing of MOU with more than twenty institutions and activities over the years enrich both the Rammohan College and the institutions concerned and help the students to grow and shine.
By 2030, the College has a Mission to fulfil the following objectives: Making 90% of the students self-reliant;
Training the students to achieve economic independence in life; Mentally strengthening all the students so that they can overcome all forms of trauma and discrimination in life.
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