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Zoology - Strengths and Achievements

Zoology - Strengths and Achievements

DRG GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE, TADEPALLIGUDEM

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

SWOC ANALYSIS

Strengths

  • Being a premiere educational institution for under graduation in its vicinity for the last 50 years covering nearly 25 villages
  • Large campus area of 22.42 acres
  • High, student enrollment and good infrastructure relative to the neighboring colleges
  • A team of highly qualified and experienced faculty
  • Healthy Student-Teacher ratio of 19:1
  • Sufficient financial assistance from RUSA and UGC for development of infrastructure
  • Equipped with sufficient IT Infrastructure like, Digital Classrooms, LCD Projector and Computer Labs to facilitate the use of student centric modern teaching methods
  • Well-equipped  Zoology Museum

Weaknesses

  1. Limited number of academic programmes.
  2. As the institution is located in a rural and backward area, the recipient students lag behind in communication skills which adversely affect their employability.
  3. Existing science laboratories of the institution cannot support research activities

Opportunities

  1. Financial assistance of Rs. 2 Crore from Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for Infrastructure development
  2. Construction of new classrooms and renovation of old buildings with RUSA funds
  3. Newly introduced Digital Classrooms might help to adopt modern teaching methods
  4. Sufficient campus area for developing a Aquaculture Pond, Vermicomposting unit Botanical Garden, Gym sports, games etc.
  5. More job opportunities in surrounding Aquaculture sector

Challenges

  1. Owing to the inclination of meritorious students towards the lucrative technical education, majority of the students who are admitted in to the institution have low academic standards which is a key challenge facing all the undergraduate colleges offering traditional courses of  basic sciences.  Consequently the pass percentage and the employability of the students are not encouraging.
  2. Lack of autonomy in the design of curriculum to bridge the gap between the curriculum and the industry requirement.
  3. Owing to the low economic status of the students, introducing self finance courses is a challenge
  4. More competitions from private colleges.
  5. Lack of job oriented courses which can enhance student enrollment
  6. Poor communication skills of the students as they hail from a rural background.
  7. Offering limited number of courses might mitigate the patronage to basic sciences relative to the growing popularity of technical education.