Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 27: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Centre (RC)- Port Blair in collaboration with Tagore Govt. College of Education, Sri Vijaya Puram (An IQAC initiative) organized special talk on “Empowering Institutions for Assessment” on 24th January at 11.00 AM. Delegates from JNRM college, ANCOL and Andaman Law College participated in the programme. Shri Vikram Singh, Director of Education, A & N Administration was the chief guest for the program who inaugurated the program. Prof. Harry Cletus, Former Principal, St. Alberts College, Kerala and NAAC peer team member was the invited speaker for the special talk. Dr. Manjulata Rao, Principal, TGCE; Dr. Pearl Devdas, Principal, JNRM; Dr. P. V. N. Sharma, Principal, Andaman Law College; and IGNOU Regional Director Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Jacob participated and addressed the gathering of faculties, students, staffs from the various institutions.
In the special talk, Prof. Harry Cletus emphasized that assessment for the institution is the same as examination for a student and explained various aspects of the assessment by the regulating authorities and also shared his experience of being one of the members of assessment team. He said that one should not scare of the word assessment as it is a tool to enhance the efficiency of an institution. According to him, firstly each and every institution should keep their websites updated and user-friendly, as it does shape the public perception about the institute. An updated website with all details about institute`s academic and extra-curricular activities, information about various cells, FAQ, virtual tour of the campus, working email id and contact number of officials etc. can create an enormous positive impact on the visitor.
Institutions should actively be able to consolidate all data from various departments and keep in IQAC and update on the website as well, he said. He also emphasized that institutions should not shy from going through various assessment (NIRF, NIRF Innov., NAAC) from the regulating institutions. Moreover, institution should also conduct regular assessment of teachers, audit of various aspects of the institution such as Green Audit, Waste Audit, Energy Audit to keep the institutions ready for any kind of assessment. It should be seen as an excellent opportunity to identify the inadequate areas, so that institution can work on that and become more efficient, he added.
The Special Talk concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Uday Kumar, ARD, IGNOU, RC-Port Blair.