EACH ONE TEACH ONE (EOTO)
Objectives of the Practice
The following are the objectives of the Practice being implemented among the Final Year UG and PG students:
To connect students to the society and to involve themselves in service oriented activities;
To encourage them to contribute to the less privileged sections of the society;
To provide learning experience through socially oriented services;
To mould, enlighten and empower the young generations and help them take responsibilities in life;
To train themselves and take responsibility for the future generations; and
To draw inner strength from the socially oriented activity.
The Context
The Mission Statement of St. Alphonsa College of Arts and Science has been “To mould the young generation with cutting-edge skills allied to personal, spiritual and social values so that they become personally equipped and are transformed into socially committed citizens.” Hence, the practice of Each One Teach One has been envisioned with the belief that it mould enlighten and empower the young generations in the long run. In line with this mission, this practice by the students of the College has been put in place to provide services to the rural community. It has become a platform for the young student community to extend their services to school students under the guidance of the staff coordinators in the six departments. The main aim of this practice is to make the students to contribute to the less privileged sections of society. It also helps to cultivate an awakening intelligence in the young students of the College.
The Practice
Each One Teach One (EOTO) was initiated in the Academic Year 2019-2020 to connect students to society and encourage them to provide services beyond conventional limits to rural community. To impart the practice, the Six Departments (Chemistry, Commerce, Computer science, English, Mathematics, Physics) of UG final year students and three Departments (Commerce, English and Mathematics) of PG final year students take up a task, one student to teach at least one poor pupil without any monetary benefit in his / her neighbourhood. Most of the students are from rural background so they are well aware of the difficulties faced by the downtrodden people. Each student teaches a poor pupil for at least one hour a day for at least four days a week. Moreover, few students of the College take tuitions for school children after their College hours. In such cases, these college students select a poor pupil and take free tuition. Simple way of teaching method is adopted by the students to cater the needs of the pupil. Once in a month the coordinators meet the students to receive the feedback and they provide necessary suggestions. All faculty members work as a core team to motivate and encourage the students in this service for the needy. This practice has been a platform for providing hands on experience to students in uplifting rural poor and help with achieving social change to some extent.
WE SHARE WE CARE
Objectives of the Practice
The following are the objectives of the Practice being implemented among all the UG and PG students:
To connect students to the society and to involve themselves in service oriented activities;
To inculcate the values of generosity;
To promote a sense of social responsibility among the students;
To help students recognize equitable growth;
To mould, enlighten and empower the young generations and help them take
responsibilities for the society; and
To contribute to the transformation of society.
The Context
We Care We Share is a ‘book donor program’ an initiative to ensure that existing academic resources are shared for the growth of peers who are in need. Carried out through senior student volunteers, this program provides books for students who cannot otherwise afford to purchase them. Books are donated at the end of each semester, to be used by other students for the next semester. The program works alongside the six departments and faculty to ensure the availability of books to economically weaker section. This practice is open to all students who wish to donate and the students who are from financially weak families and therefore are in need of receiving support for academic resources.
The Practice
‘We Care We Share’ program commenced in the Academic Year 2017-2018 with an aim to provide academic resources to the poor students studying in the College. All the departments have a separate Coordinator for this program. Towards the end of a semester, the coordinators, along with the faculty in-charge of classes create awareness on the program, encourage the students to be generous and participate in the same. As the Semester-end examinations get over, the faculty in-charge of classes meet the students and request them to donate their used books of the semester under We Care We Share program. When the students come forward to donate, the appropriate entries are made in the Donor Register being maintained in the Departments. The Coordinator discusses with individual faculty in-charge of different classes, informing them about the availability of the books and seeking to identify the deserving beneficiaries coming from economically weak families. Once the beneficiaries are identified, the books are issued to them, after entry in the Issue Register being maintained in the Department. If there are still books not issued, they are kept in safe custody in the departments.