Domkal Girls’ College
Affiliated to Kalyani University
Recognised by the UGC u/s 2(f)
“No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”- Theodore Roosevelt
1. Title of the Practice: Love for the Book
2. The Objectives:
a) The main objectives of Mandatory Library service for the students for at least an hour in a day.
b) Increasing love for the books.
c) To improve the quality of education.
d) Increase attention.
e) Enhancing competitive spirit.
f) Increase interest in higher education.
g) Increase awareness about digital library.
h) Increase interest in research-based work.
3. The Context:
The sanctity of the Library ambience is considered as one of the most fundamental prerequisites of an academic institution and upholding it not only fosters an all-round intellectual development but also moulds the personality of an individual in the long run, considering this ubiquitous perception Domkal Girl’s College has introduced a novel convention of Mandatory Library service for the students for at least an hour in a day to develop a formidable inclination towards Library purposes and also to promote indispensable scholarly qualities among them.
4. The Practice:
The convention of Library service strikes a balance between associated modes of learning. Students can access the service in their leisure time by collecting "Love Books" coupons, authorized by the college administration, from the library counter.
a) A routine brings all students to the library for an hour.
b) Students can read in the library outside their scheduled hour.
After completing their library activities, students submit the coupons to a designated authority at the college’s main exit, where the presence of students is authenticated.
5. Evidence of Success:
The college has seen increased student engagement and interest in books and digital library usage. The girls have been successful in choosing themes for departmental wall magazine and successfully using the library to prepare writing for them. Increased interest in various subjects outside the curriculum. Our girls are basically first generation learners, they have very few resources for studying, most of them do not have their own books to read, most of the girls are married at a young age, but studying in the library increases their confidence and interest in studying. Through the digital library, students can easily get various information from different parts of the country and different countries of the world.
6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
To run this practice is not an easy job because we have limited number of books to access. The space for reading room in the library is not adequate. Number of computers is very low in the college and library. More financial support needed for improvement of infrastructure and books.
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed- ― Mahatma Gandhi”
1. Title of the Practice: Jagat Kalyan through Environmental Awareness
2. The Objectives:
‘Jagat Kalyan through Environmental Awareness’ represents the welfare of the world through tree plantation, herbal gardening, flower gardening, community awareness against arsenic pollution of drinking water, and other environmental protection programs. The college is a small unit of society and has a significant role in the welfare of society. In our institution, different plans related to environmental issues have been implemented to minimize environmental crises. This way, our plan of environmental awareness will be helpful for ‘Jagat Kalyan.’
3. The Context:
a) Fossil Fuel Drilling: our dependence on fossil fuel is a global addiction that affects every aspect of the world and the combustion of fossil fuels add to the increased atmospheric CO₂, which in turns causes the progression of global warming and ocean acidification.
b) Deforestation and Herbal Garden: Deforestation causes wildlife and biodiversity extinction because the loss of habitat threatens many species’ existence. Herbal trees are used as herbal medicine to alleviate cough and fever, pain, and general gastrointestinal disorders as well as to cure dermatologic disorders and others.
c) Arsenic Pollution: Groundwater is the major source of freshwater in Murishidabad District in West Bengal. Arsenic contamination in groundwater is a serious problem in different districts of West Bengal, particularly in Murshidabad.
4. The Practice:
Our Institution has taken different programme to protect the environment and sustain its natural resources. We involved our student in different environmental related programme so that they can aware about environmental related issue. These programmes are-
a) The solid wastes of college canteen and college are used in vermicompost pits to generate compost which is used in gardening of college.
b) The trees plantation programmes within the college campus have been taken in different times of the year.
c) Herbal garden initiatives have been taken within our college. The students of NSS unit planted different herbal tree at several phases of time.
d) We have distributed two plants to each blood donor for social foresting.
e) The college has organized different projects and organized seminars on environmental related issues and awareness on arsenic toxicity of drinking water.
f) The e-waste of the college is managed properly by our college.
g) We installed LED facilities in the classroom, office room etc.
h) The college has installed solar panels on the roofs of the arsenic free water trunk.
i) With the help of State Government we have installed Arsenic free water trunk within college campus.
j) We motivated our students and staff to use either bicycle or battery powered vehicles.
5. Evidence of Success:
This programme encouraged our students to learn how to keep our environment healthy. In their personal life also, they planted the tree in their personal land. They personally used the herbal as a medicine to remove their health problems. The students acknowledged the bad effect of arsenic through drinking water and keeping in mind the bad effect of arsenic, they aware their family members to use arsenic free water in daily life.
6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
In present situation there is arsenic problem in the remote village of West Bengal as well as adjacent area of the college. This is a great public health problem which has been accepted widely. The adequate measures must be taken for its preventions without any wasting of time. We have Financial constraints for testing the water samples regularly. Moreover, we have no expert resource parsons who will advise our students regularly to keep safe from this problem.