MES Ponnani College

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SC/ST Cell

SC/ST Cell

Introduction

Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been identified as the two most backward groups of Indian Society. They include all the castes, races or tribes, which have been socially, economically and educationally backward. The cell has been established to give motivation and support for such students and to bring them in the main stream. The SC/ST cell of the college was established on 02/08/2018 with the purpose to empower the SC/ST students in the college. The college takes special interest in facilitating financial support to students from these communities from government agencies and other sources. The cell encouraged them to enroll for different programs that will help them to meet their career objectives. The cell has been organizing different awareness programs on various topics like Computer Skills, Soft Skill etc.

Objectives/Outcomes

To guide SC/ ST students and help them to involve in academic activities .
To counsel the SC/ ST students and help them to manage academic and personal issues of college life effectively.
To make aware of various scholarships program of State Govt. and UGC.
To provide the mechanism to redress the grievance of SC/ST students, if any
To ensure a free and safe environment in the campus.
.To provide special helps to prepare for the competitive exams.
To take special follow up measures to achieve the objectives and goals that set prior.

Activities

Collect reports and information of State Govt. and UGC’s orders on various aspects of education, employment of SC/ST Students.
Circulate State Govt. and UGC’s decisions about different scholarship programs.
Frequent meeting with students.
Take necessary measures to help the students for PSC one time registration.
Communicate with the students and motivate them for better future planning
Computer awareness programs.
Office automation workshop.

SC/ST Cell Committee

Sr. No.	Name	Designation	Contact
1	Smt Aneeshya C.A	Assistant Professor	9605548500
2	Smt. Jumailath Karuthedath	Assistant Professor
3	Sri A.Mujeeb Rahman	Assistant Professor
4	Smt. T. Tabsheera	Assistant Professor

As per university guideline, college constitutes the committee. The cell gives

Different information to the students of SC and ST communities. Meeting are arranged by cell time to time.

2018-19

Sl No	Details of the activities	Date	Number of students participated	Remarks
1	Cell formation	15/08/2018	68	Gave a brief Introduction about the SC-ST Cell and scope of the cell.
2	Awareness about the Scholarships and laptop scheme	10/10/2018	25	First year students participated in the meeting. Collect the details of Computer Science students for laptop scheme.
3	Meeting of all students, Biodata Collection	28/10/2018	50	It is decided to keep the details of all SC-ST students.
4	Meeting of all students	15/12/2018:	45	Almost all students participated actively in the meeting.
5	Laptop distribution	6/8/2018	7	Principal M.N Muhammed Koya distributed the laptop in the meeting
6	Meeting of all second year students	11/12/2018	20	Decided to give Microsoft office word awareness classes
7	Meeting of final year BSc students	7/1/2019	15	Gave an awareness class on higher studies and entrance exams

2019-20

Sl No	Details of the activities	Date	Number of students participated	Remarks
1	Meeting of all students	4/04/2019	75	Gave a brief Introduction about the SC-ST Cell and scope of the cell.
2	PSC one time registration.	14/08/2019	20	Students from CS Department helps them to complete the registration process
3	Awareness about the Scholarships and laptop scheme	09/10/2019	25	First year students participated in the meeting. Collect the details of Computer Science students for laptop scheme.
4	Laptop distribution	17/11/2019	15	Principal M.N Muhammed Koya distributed the laptop in the meeting
5	“Attain your Goal “	8/12/2019	20	Motivational Class For second and third year students
6	One week workshop on office automation		35	For all SC-ST students of our college.1