WOMEN’S EDUCATION SOCIETY’S
LADY AMRITBAI DAGA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN OF ARTS, COMMERCE AND SCIENCE
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SMT. RATNIDEVI PUROHIT COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE AND HOME SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
SHANKAR NAGAR, NAGPUR – 440 010. (MS.) INDIA
Today the buzz around life skills education for girls is at an all-time high. SkEd aims to satisfy the core needs of students, recent graduates and experienced professionals, whilst meeting the needs of society, community and tradition. All these are designed specifically to optimize the career development and traditional-to-modern cultural exchange along with the main intention of providing a wisdom fusion.
Attaining a degree is a sign of formal education but it no more always guarantees individual growth, social stability or financial security. Skill education is the need of the hour for outcome-based learning that respond to global reality and learner’s aspiration. With a goal to create opportunities, space and scope for the development of the talents of the students and to enhance their technical expertise, L.A.D & Smt. R.P. College focuses on Skill Education as one of its pillars.
Skill education initiatives will help actualize the inert potential and development, for which the younger generation is much aspiring for. This can be partially achieved through focus on advancement of skills that are relevant to the emerging economic environment and also maintaining the original Indian Culture.
A need based list of feasible courses of skill development are enclosed that shall fulfil the desire of achieving the talent as well as oscillating between the need and hobbies.
Life skills-based education is a form of education that focuses on cultivating personal life skills such as self-reflection, critical thinking, problem solving and interpersonal skills. These skills include many attributes like good communication skills, positive approach towards challenge, general awareness, approach to lifelong learning, self-discipline and time management, sense of initiative, sharing and teamwork, stress management and much more.
Various Skill Education (SkEd) Training, Workshops and certificate courses in collaboration with experts, institutions and industry have been undertaken by the college throughout the year. Educational, Soft Skills, Hard Skills and Life Skills Development activities by renowned trainers and experts under the aegis of Skill Education were held. Several student based activities were held under the Training and Placement Cell where campus placement, corporate sessions were held.Students actively participated in Traffic Awareness by Jan Akrosh Volunteers, Youth empowerment program(Chhatraparishad),etc and they also enjoy the Virangula common room of the college and the concept of culture Kattawhich was initiated last year, where they perform at the Hangout outside the canteen.
Career Guidance programme on ‘Careers after graduation’ was held on 9th January 2020. Mr. AkashJaiswal, Director- ‘Career Launcher’ was the resource person who enlightened the students on various prospects post their degree. 58 students participated in the programme and were greatly benefited by it.
A workshop on ‘Mock Group Discussion and Personal Interview’ was conducted by ‘Mentors’ on 10 January2020. Facilitators of this enriching event were the very able team from ‘Mentors’. 31students of final year of the college participated in the workshop.
Energy Swaraj Foundation had invited the college as a Partner Organization in the “Learn to Design your Solar System.” This course has given a unique Opportunity to become Energy Literate. One hundred and Sixty nine students from various departments of Shankar Nagar campus and Seminary hills campus registered for the Course which comprised of fifteen YouTube videos. Quiz was mandatory for obtaining the Certificate.The logo of the College has been has been placed on the certificate of the sixty eight college students who have successfully completed the course. Ms. Kanchan Bade was appointed as the convener of this course. The course was held in the first week of September 2020.
The Department of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, conducted workshop- Cake baking n icing on 20thJanuary. The department also conducted training for skype n telephonic interviews regularly in month of December and January. Flower arrangement workshop was also organised on 14th Feb for the students. Coordinator of MODROB, Dr. N.Sapra and Subject Expert, Dr. C.Gajbhiye had a meeting with the committee members on 3rd March 2020to discuss the procedure to be followed to procure the proposed equipments sanctioned with specifications and a list of the same to be put on the College website.
Weeklong Certificate Course for Students on Learn to Design your Solar System
Energy Swaraj Foundation had invited the College as a Partner Organisation in the Learn to Design your Solar System by providing a unique opportunity to become Energy Literate. Principal Dr. DeepaliKotwalwas the motivational force and coordinated this course. The logo of the College has been placed on the Certificate of the sixty-eight college students who have successfully completed the course.The course was held in the first week of September 2020. One hundred and Sixty Nine students from various Departments of Shankar Nagar and Seminary Hills Campus registered for the Course which comprised of fifteen YouTube videos. Quiz was mandatory for obtaining the Certificate. Ms. Kanchan Bade was appointed as the Convener of this course.
Demonstration of ‘Water Color Painting by Ms. Aparna Rajvaidya workshop to enhance the creativity skills was arranged for students of Seminary Hills Campus in collaboration with NSS Unit II as an learning activity which was attended by fifty eight students.