Bagadhar Brahma Kishan College

The primary goals of B.B. Kishan College are as follows: To make sure that higher education facilities are available to the economically and educationally disadvantaged sections of the Jalah block, consisting mainly of the ST and OBC. To facilitate the empowerment of women through higher education; To make extension and awareness programs part of the regular curricular activities, and to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and self-employment among the students through vocational courses and self-help groups. The regular curricular courses, a few self-financing courses and a large number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities considerably reflect the mission, vision and goals of the college.

The current student enrollment is 334 at the Degree level (47% female; ST: 57%, SC: 1% and OBC: 35%). As to the self-financing computer courses, 35 have signed up for them. The faculty consists of 26 (5 female/21 male) permanent and 11 (all male) temporary (against non-sanctioned posts) teachers. All instructors also teach the Higher Secondary course offerings. Of the 26 permanent teachers one is a PhD, 11 (3 female + 8 male) M.Phil. and 12 PhD.C. Supporting this faculty is the administrative staff, 12 (1 female + 11 male) members including the Principal and Librarian. The Degree calendar is annual and the college has a six-day week, the daily schedule being 9.15am to 4.30. The number of teaching days a year is +/- 175. The language of instruction is Assamese/English. Due to economic and sociocultural reasons like early marriage of girls, the drop-out rate is very high. Moreover, the number of students who clear TDC I and/or II is less and not many students take up the TDC III finals. The pass percentage was 65.9% and 69% in two successive years.

Humanities

• HSSLC (Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate) or (10+2)

Bachelor of Arts

1. B.A in Assamese
2. B.A in Bodo
3. B.A in English
4. B.A in Sanskrit
5. B.A in History
6. B.A in Philosophy
7. B.A in Education
8. B.A in Economics
9. B.A in Mathematics
10. B.A in Political Science
11. B.A in Statistics

Self Financed Courses

• Certificate Courses

1. Spoken English
2. Yoga and Meditation
3. Computer Application

• Diploma Courses

1. Computer Application (6 months)

The college has a 10-acre campus. It is situated at Jalahghat, close to the Bhutan border, skirted on two sides by River Kaldiya, a tributary of the Brahmaputra.

On the ground stands a large Assam-type building flanked by two wings containing classrooms, the Principal's office, administrative office, committee room, conference hall, library, girls' common room, computer centre, and a number of other centres and cells. The academic departments are all housed in an annex at the back. The boys' and girls' hostels and 4 quarters mark the rear of the campus. In between are a fish pond, plantation patches, and land waiting to be used for infrastructure extension. In front, on the ground there is a large cycle and two-wheeler parking lot (donated by the Alumni Association to the teachers and the non-teaching staff) on one side and a newly built canteen on the other. The construction of the boys' common room is in progress. The toilets are mostly outside these two buildings. In front of the main building, there are gardens on both sides and a flag stands at the centre. A water supply system that was installed proved useful during the floods when water submerged a part of the college ground. However, the existing built-up space is not sufficient to run the educational programmes that include the Higher Secondary courses (though not within the scope of the NAAC visit), run along with the TDC requiring large classrooms. For the expansion that is everyday becoming indispensable, the college plans to generate funds from sources like fishery, farming, mushroom, vermicompost, photocopying facility, computer education, etc. The college is also trying to raise donations.

The college is governed by a 12-member Governing Body consisting of the local MLA as the President, the Principal as the ex officio Member-Secretary, the Vice-Principal ex officio member, nominees of the university and the State Government, a woman-member, a donor-member and representatives of teachers and non-teaching employees of the college. There are about 12 committees/cells/units to plan and monitor the academic, administrative, financial, cultural, welfare and extension activities of the college.

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