india community colleges (1995 2007)

Indian Community College System

(1995 - 2007)

Theme: Global Partnerships for Economic

Development

Category:

Developing paths for accessibility and success for disadvantaged student

The Philosophy of

the Community

College System

Merit is an opportunity given to those who otherwise will not have an opportunity especially the disadvantaged and the underprivileged.

Education involves three components

1. Information (30%)

2. Attitude (40%)

3. Skills (30%)

This is the proportion followed in the Community College System.

Excellence is tapping the untapped

potential in the individuals and providing

them the space and atmosphere to

blossom and flowerforth.

Transforming the different types of

disadvantages into advantages.

Vision of the Community

College

The Community Colleges aim at the liberation and empowerment of the exploited and deprived groups of society by releasing and developing the sources within, middle level skills development and facilitating self – actualisation. This would lead to restoring the human right to education denied to them and will also show their way to earn their livelihood. The Community College System is education for livelihood.

Vision of the Community College –

Empowerment of the disadvantaged

As an Alternative System of Education

• The Community College as an alternative system has been established in India from 1995-2007.

• The inspiration and model has been taken from U.S.A. • The system has helped more than 50,000 young men

and women from disadvantaged sections of society.• ICRDCE, Chennai is a coordinating agency that has

been actively propagating the concept. • The Community College Movement coincides and

vibrates with the Common Minimum Programme of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of India.

Alternative System of

Education

The Concept of Community

College

• Alternative System of Education.• Making people fit for life and fit

for job.• Empowerment through

appropriate skills development.• Serving the Urban Poor, Rural

Poor, Tribal Poor and Women.

The Concept

• Socially, Economically and Educationally disadvantaged groups.

• Collective Community effort with industrial partnership leading to gainful employment.

• No Age Bar and Minimum Qualification.

The Concept

• Training for Self-Employment.• Eligibility for Employment.• Holistic Education.• Community College - Of, By, For

the Community.• Formation of Responsible

Citizens.

The Concept

• Job-Oriented, Work Related, Skill

Based and Life Coping Education.

• Access, Flexibility, Cost-

Effectiveness, Equal Opportunity

and Quality in training and

education.

• Responsive to Local Employment

Needs and Social Needs.

The Concept

National Scenario

National Scenario

The Community College Movement has become a National Phenomenon spreading its wings to many states of India. We have 213 Community Colleges in 19 states of India.

•Tamil Nadu - 125•Pondicherry - 04•Delhi - 02•Andhra Pradesh - 10•Gujarat - 02

National Scenario

•Karnataka - 24•Kerala - 12•Jharkhand - 09•Maharashtra - 04•Uttarakand - 01•Chhattisgarh - 03•Goa - 02•Madhya Pradesh - 05

National Scenario• Orissa - 03• Himachal Pradesh - 01• West Bengal - 01• Haryana - 02• Punjab - 01• Uttar Pradesh - 02

• TOTAL - 213

Madurai Community College

Devakottai Amala Annai Community College

Don Bosco Community College

Ertram Rural Community College

St. Mary’s Community College

Dr. Chandran Devanesen Rural Community College

Loyola Community College, Ranipet

Total Number of Students 45,156

from 165 Community Colleges.

Total No: of Students Year Total No. of Students

1996 – 1997 174

1997 – 1998 204

1998 – 1999 577

1999 – 2000 1,815

2000 – 2001 2,282

2001 – 2002 2,933

2002 – 2003 3,840

2003 – 2004 4,815

2004 – 2005 6,969

2005 – 2006 10,244

2006 – 2007 11,303

Total 45,156

The unique achievement of the Community Colleges

Target Group Served:

Male - 11,195 25%

Female - 33,961 75%

Married - 3,649 08%

Unmarried - 41,507 92%

Age

16-18 - 17,182 38%

19-21 - 18,101 40%

22-25 - 5,930 14%

26-30 - 2,434 5%

31-34 - 1,047 2%

35 –above - 462 1%

Dr. Chandran Devanesen Community College, Tamilnadu.

Vidhyadeep Community College, Gujarat

Qualification

Below 10th - 7,194 16%

10th Passed - 11,235 25%

12th Passed - 23,681 52%

Degree - 3,046 7%

Caste

SC (Schedule Caste) - 11,631 26%

ST (Schedule Tribe) - 3,613 8%

MBC (Most Backward Caste) - 6,955 15%

BC (Backward Caste) - 18,332 41%

OC (Other Caste) - 4,625 10%

Veda Mari Community College, Villupuram, Tamilnadu

Monthly Family Income

Below Rs.1,000 - 15,986 26%

Rs.1,001 – Rs.2,000 - 16,420 36%

Rs.2,001 – Rs.3,000 - 7,804 17%

Rs.3,001 – above - 4,946 11%

Religions

Hindus - 24,991 55%

Christians - 18,657 41%

Muslims - 1,476 03%

Buddhism - 32 01%

Job Placements 75%

Higher Education 15%

Montfort Community College, Lachragarh, Jharkhand

Madurai Community College, Tamilnadu

Community and Industrial

Partnership

Community College - Industrial Collaboration

• Success of Community College - Active dynamic ongoing Industrial, Rural, Agricultural, Commercial and Service organisations of the locality.

• Five Ways of Assistance• Designing the Curriculum for

various job oriented courses


• Serving as members of the Advisory Board.

• Being part time instructors for teaching and assessment in the college.

• On the job training for the students in the work place.


• Job placement for students.• Memorandum of Understanding

with employers. • Representatives in the Governing

Body of the college.

The Curriculum of a Community College

The Curriculum of a Community College

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS

One Credit = 30 Hours of Work

Category Programme Weeks Hours Credits

Part – I Life Skills 21 630 Hours 21 Credits

Part – II Work Skills 21 630 Hours 21 Credits

Part – II I

Internship and Hands on Experience

8 390 Hours 13 Credits

Part – IV Preparation for Employment and Evaluation

2 60 Hours 2 Credits

TOTAL 52 Weeks

1710 Hours

57 Credits

Courses Conducted by the Community Colleges


Part I – Life Skills

a. Life Coping Skills.

b. Interpersonal Relations and Communication skills.

c. Basic Computer Applications.

d. Developmental English.

Courses Conducted by the Community CollegesPart II – Diploma Courses

Computer Based Course

1. DTP Operator.

2. Computer System Technology.

3. Tally Accounting / Computerised Financial Accounting.

4. Computer Hardware Maintenance.

5. Information Technology.

Computer Software

Computer

Hardware


Allied Health Courses

6. Health Assistant / Nursing Assistant.

7. Medical Lab Technology.

8. Medical Radiographic Assistant.

9. Clinical Nutrition.

10. Physiotheraphy.

11. Veterinary Health Assistant.

12. Yoga and Health Science.

Nursing Assistant

Medical Lab Technology


Technical Courses

13. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician.

14. House Electrician.

15. Four Wheeler Mechanism.

16. Plumbing Technology.

17. Two Wheeler Mechanism.

FOUR WHEELER MECHANISM

Automobile Technology

AIR CONDITIONING


Technical Courses18. Printing Technology.

19. Leather Technology.

20. Carpentry.

21. Welding.

22. Masonry.

WELDING

MASONRY

Montfort Community College, Lachragarch

CARPENTRY


Technical Courses

23. Radio & Television repair and maintenance.

24. Small Home Appliance Services and Repair.

25. Electronics and Electrical.

26. Fitter.

27. Motor Mechanism.


Agro Based Course

28. Crop Plant Maintenance.

29. Sustainable Agriculture Workers.

30. Integrated Farm Development.

31. Agro farming.

32. Naattu Vaidhyam.

33. Rural Marketing.

34. Orchids and Anthurium Cultivation.

35. Vermi Composting.

AGRICULTURE

Montfort Rural Community College, Lachragarch

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FISHERY GOATRY

INCOME GENERATING CULTIVATION PIGRY

RURAL COMPUTER CONECTIVITY HEALTH CARE

TRAINING IN VERMICOMPOST PRODUCTION


Service Oriented Courses

36. Sales and Marketing.

37. Travel Management.

38. Office Management and Secretaryship.

39. Cargo Management.

40. Hotel Management/ Catering Assistant.

41. Bakery and Confectionery.

42. Food Processing/ Food Preservation.

Bakery and Confectionery



43. House Keeping.

44. Beautician and Health Care.

45. Tailoring and Embroidery/ Fashion Designing & Garment Making.

46. Small Business Development.

Beautician and Health Care



47. Pre School Teacher/ Early Childhood Care Education.

48. Multipurpose Rural Development Worker.

49. Micro Credit Management/ Community Enterprises.

50. Industrial and Labour Relations.

PRE PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING

Efforts at Recognitio

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Efforts at Recognition• The Community College System has been

working successfully with 75% Job Placement without getting Recognition from any Approved Educational Bodies of the Country. However most of the Community Colleges felt there is the need for Recognition from the State and Central Governments to facilitate the horizontal mobility and the vertical mobility of the students of the Community College. The ICRDCE has conducted Eleven Consultations to further this cause. It is for the first time in the educational history of the country, the agencies that run Community Colleges have devised Self-Regulatory and Autonomous Guidelines to ensure credibility and accountability of the system.

Indian Centre for Research and Development of Community Education,(ICRDCE), Egmore, Chennai.

ICRDCE – Documentation Section

National Consultation on Community College System in India, New Delhi

27th, 28th and 29th of March 2001

Efforts at Recognition• The ICRDCE has succeeded in influencing the

State and Central Governments for Recognition and Accreditation of the system and for Student Centered Funding. The issue of Accreditation was examined closely by the NIOS, New Delhi at the direction of the MHRD, Government of India, New Delhi. The NIOS has given accreditation so far to 18 Community Colleges in the country. Tamil Nadu Open University has recognised 96 Community Colleges in Tamilnadu and it has extended its recognition to the Community Colleges in other States of India and YCMOU, Nashik has given recognition to Community Colleges from this academic year (2007 – 2008).

Fifth National Consultation held at M.O.P. Vaishnav College on 28th of August 2006.

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Mention in the document of the Tenth five-year Plan:

•“There should be focus on convergence of schemes like the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Adult Education and Vocational Education Programme at Schools, ITIs, Polytechnics, Community Colleges etc.”

(Tenth Five Year Plan (2002 -2007), Chapter 2.4 Vocational Education p.51)

Union Planning Commission

Mention in the document of the Eleventh five-year Plan:• The Community College is an alternative system of education, aimed t helping the poor – urban, rural and tribal and women to find gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and the community. The system is ‘of’ the community, ‘for’ the community and ‘by’ the community to produce responsible citizens. The Community college promotes job-oriented, work related, skill based and life coping education. A Community College is a comprehensive institution of higher education, offering educational programs at post secondary school level, which includes courses in occupational and technical fields and continuing education, to meet the workforce needs of the region in which the college is located and also offering ‘bridge’ courses. The Community College is the need of the hour.


It provides education for a livelihood. It responds to the challenges of exclusion and elimination from the formal system, mismatch between education and employment capability, poverty, and problems of unemployment, under-employment, unemployment, under – employment, unemployability and school dropouts. The unique achievement of the Community College has been the empowerment of the socially, economically and educationally backward sections of society in the last 10 years. The following measures are recommended: -


National recognition for the Community College system is required.

Vertical mobility of the community College students through the Open Universities and Conventional Universities with the three tier system: Diploma, Associate Degree and Degree

Funds, Stipends and Scholarships should be provided to the disadvantaged sections of society especially SC/ST/BC/MBC/Women/Minorities.

Central Placement Cells should be set up on collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries and Chambers of Commerce.

Community Colleges should be established in educationally backward districts with emphasis on soft skills development. Setting up the Community Colleges can go a long way for correcting regional imbalance in

the system of Higher Education

Institutions of repute can adopt neighboring villages and open Community Colleges to promote vocational / skills training and pre college training / bridge courses.


Eighteenth Teachers Training Programme for the Teachers of Community Colleges in India and Africa held at Asha Nivas, Chennai.

4th to 9th of June 2007

Community College – Different from other Systems

of Vocational Education

Community College – Different form other

Systems of Vocational Education

There are various formal systems of Vocational Education in operation in India such as:

Apprenticeship Training. Plus Two Vocational System in Schools. Industrial Technical Institutes (ITI). Community Polytechnics. Vocationalisation of first-degree level

education at the collegiate level.

Community College – Different form other

Systems of Vocational Education

Differences: Aiming at the Employability of the individual trained. A system to declare competency level and duly certify

the same. Promoting Strong Industrial linkage in terms of

articulation of skills, requirements of the industries. Teaching of Life Skills, Communication Skills and

English. Evaluation and Assessment of Skills. Personal, Social, Language, Communication, Work

and Creative skills. Lessens the burden of Higher Education.

IID Community Colleges Graduation 2007 atKamarajar Arangam, Chennai. 29th of June 2007.

Dr. K. Ponmudi, Minister of Higher Education CongratulatingC. Pugazhandan, a tsunami survivor from Karikal.

Indian Express, Chennai 30th of June 2007.

Release of the Book “ Reaching Beyond” At Kamarajar Arangam, Chennai 29th of June 2007

Dr. K. Ponmudi, Minister of Higher Education, Release of the Book “Reaching Beyond” at Chennai.

Gold Medalists of TNOU, 2005 - 2006

Ms. Jayalakshmi,Ertram Rural Community College

Mr. Raj KumarSivagangai Community College

Ms. Santhanamari,Jeevan Rural Community College

Mr. SubramanianErtram Rural Community College

Mr. PastinrajSt. Joseph’s Community College

Mr. JudesPalayamkottai Community College

Ms. Maria RosaliSacred Heart Community College

I made a true estimate of my own ability, then raised it 50 percent and put myself in God’s hands. In this partnership, I have always received all the power I needed and, in fact, have actually felt it flowing through me. Today, I can affirm that the Kingdom of God is within you in the form of this power, to help achieve your goal and realise your dreams.

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul KalamPresident of India

Inspiration

india community colleges (1995 2007)

Education

community college empowerment

madurai community college

montfort community college

loyola community college

vidhyadeep community

marys community college

ertram rural community

veda mari community