SRI ADICHUNCHANAGIRI FIRST GRADE COLLEGE, CHANNARAYAPATANA-573116
Institutional Values and Best Practices
The values and practices adopted by the institution are the fundamentals of quality learning. The holistic development of students takes place at every level of learning. Therefore, the institution has developed certain values and the best practices and implemented them for the prosperity of the students.
The values and the best practices of institution are:
1. Conducting morning assembly and singing National Anthem and Naadageethe (State Song), and reading headlines of news papers
2. Conducting workshops, seminars and field visits to create awareness about environmental protection
3. Honouring of the highest scorers in final examinations
4. Creating awareness about the use of plastic and making the campus ‘Plastic Free Zone’
5. Conducting awareness programs about ‘Waste Management’.
6. Conducting programmes on gender sensitization
7. Facilitating and providing assistance to the girls’ students in addressing issues of health, hygiene, sexual harassment, and safety. Besides, this college also provide sanitary dispenser for maintaining clean environment.
8. Maintaining a Botanical garden with ayurvedic medicinal plants
10. Conducting health camps, aids awareness programs, and blood donation camps
11. Encouraging the faculty members to attend and present research papers at national and international seminars, conferences, and symposiums
12. Encouraging the students to involve in social activities through NSS, NCC, Red-Cross, and Scouts and Guides.
BEST PRACTICE – 1
Title of the practice: Eco friendly activities
Environmental pollution and climatic changes being the major issues in global level can be met by the movement at grass root level. In order to achieve this goal, our college has taken a number of initiatives to improve the environment. Go green movement, No plastic and No Smoking Zone initiatives, water management, energy saving and conserving efforts, Carbon neutrality, plantation and E-Waste management are the major activities observed. The teaching and non teaching staff members and students are involved in this process. Sri Adichunchanagiri Shiskahana trust encourages these initiatives by providing technical and financial assistance.
Objectives of the Practice:
Raise environmental awareness, understanding and knowledge among young people.
Incorporate “Green Protocol” among students.
Prepares young generation to take a more active, positive and responsible role in the society.
Encourage the faculty and students in the activities to conserve natural resources.
Change the atmosphere of campus into pollution free and ecofriendly manner.
Develop measure to dispose the waste properly.
Context:
Human activity is hugely responsible for damaging the environment, it is important for everyone to improve their environment consciousness. It is especially imperative to teach children about the importance of environmental awareness, to ensure that the lives of future generation are secure.
Practices:
Green audit
The college is conscious of importance of the environment. The college campus is eco friendly with rich plant wealth comprising of lofty trees, shrubs, and a number of ornamental and medicinal plants.
We use compost bin for food wastage to reduce the waste in the campus. The use of polythene is banned. A list describing the existing trees, plants and other shrubs is brought out by the department of Botany with the help of exponents in the field. It is very useful to the students and staff members. Botanical name of each plant is described.
Water Management is another greater concern of the time. Water is the source of life. The use of water should be minimized. Reusing and recycling of water is given priority.
Energy conservation:
Conservation of energy is another very important measure. The college needs self reliance as far as energy is concerned:
1) A Committee consisting of teachers and student representation is formed to check corridors, Classrooms and labs and ensure lights and fans are not working after the college hours.
2) Incandescent bulbs are replaced with LED bulbs.
3) All electronic equipments are shut off during breaks.
Overall the college is very keen on energy conservation. The College is planning to introduce programmes regarding the use of renewable source of energy.
Efforts for carbon neutrality:
The college has taken up the following measures to check the emission of CO2.
1. During the celebration of Environment day, every year Students and staff together plant new sapling to beautify the campus. At the same time care is taken new sapling are planted in place of paired saplings of the earlier period.
2. Solid Waste-generated in the classrooms, office, canteen and is used for composting instead of burning.
3. Plastic waste is segregates from biodegradable waste and preserved to be disposed off by hanging over to municipal authorities.
4. The campus is well planned with green lawn and flower pots, flower bushes and lofty trees to have suitable proportion of greenery. It is also maintained and developed by Gardeners properly.
E - Waste Management
The unusable electronic equipments and the parts are stored in a segregated room till they are disposed off. Normally once in a year or twice depending upon the quantity they are auctioned as scraps.
Evidence of success:
Today the college campus looks beautiful with greenery, tall trees, bushes, lawns & flowers. The environment is very clean and healthy filled with fresh air. The students are familiar with varieties of plants and flowers. It has created awareness among the students & staff. Water and electricity are utilized meaningfully. This could be achieved because of the efforts taken by the management, the principal, staff members and the students in particular. We feel it is the best practice one and all should nurture, as it is badly needed today.
BEST PRACTICE - 2
Title of the practice: Blood Donation Camps
Objective of the practice:
To create awareness about the uses of blood donation and help to save lives. A single donation can save three lives as one blood donation provides different blood components that can help up to three different people. It could be a unique program conducted by the institution organized by Youth Red Cross Unit.
Context:
Blood donation save lives and more donors are needed essentially.
According to WHO
Safe blood saves life and improves health. Blood transfusion is needed for:
1. Complications of pregnancy such as ectopic pregnancies and hemorrhage before, during, or after childbirth.
2. Children with severe anemia often resulting from malaria oral nutrition
3. People with severe trauma following man-made and natural disasters and
4. Many complex medical and surgical procedures and cancer patients.
There is a constant need for regular blood supply because blood can be stored for only a limited time before use. Regular blood donations by a sufficient number of healthy people are needed to ensure that safe blood will be available whenever and wherever it is needed.
The practice:
The Red Cross unit in association with blood banks organizes blood donation camp within the campus. The blood banks are invited during the year with prior approval and organize the camp.
They will provide all the resources to organize the camp and supply juice and fruits to the donors. Within the camp all the students will get their blood grouping and people who are suitable donate blood will voluntarily donate without any compensation. Approximately in each camp 60-80 students donate the blood and helps in surviving the lives.
Evidence of success:
The camps were very successful and appreciate by all the stakeholders including blood bank. Every year our students will encourage donating blood by organizing special lectures on the scope and importance of the blood donation camp. Students are proud owners of appreciation certificates. Certificates are small initiatives that encourage students to donate and ask others to do the same.
Students consulted the doctors and take advice from them. Many students have improved their diet practices and fought anemia after consulting these doctors. There has been a remarkable change in the habits of the students who are more health-conscious and have begun to focus on aspects of hygiene. Blood donation camps also serve the twin purposes of students knowing their blood groups and being checked for diseases like Hepatitis B and HIV.
Problems Encountered
1. Students are reluctant to donate blood as they think blood donation will result in weakness.
2. Lack of awareness regarding the uses of blood donation.
3. Many are scared of needles
4. Most of the students are victims of malnutrition and anemia.
5. Parents actively discourage students from donating blood due to ignorance.
