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1. Title –Adopting five students from deprived class by the teachers

  • Objectives of the Practice – To spread higher education among the deprived class people from nearby slum areas.
  • The Context – the majority of the families inhabiting nearby slum areas live in the most deprived and wretched conditions. They do menial jobs to sustain their families. In the face of the hardship faced by them, they are unable to bear the educational expenses of their wards. As a result of the financial their wards are compelled to leave their higher studies. So the teachers play the role of the parents for such students.
  • The Practice- the college has been started with a view to serve the educational and holistic development of the students from the nearby locality. For its undeterred services to the cause of the people of the downtrodden and deprived class, the Management of the college has been widely acclaimed. The The government of Maharashtra has awarded the Buddhist Minority status to the college to enable the college to continue its dedicated services to these particular classes of people. College. With a view to further the spirit of social service of the college Management, the teachers went ahead adopting five students per teacher and providing them financial and mentoring support to them to continue with their higher educational ventures. The teachers contribute to their college fees and dress fee. In some cases even they fulfill their day-to-day living requirements. 1.– as a result of the aforesaid work of the teachers the erstwhile drop-out rate has come down significantly. The number regularly has increased dramatically. Many more of them have joined our MPSC/UPSC classes which are conducted free of cost for these students. At present, the number of students in the MPSC/UPSC classes has swelled to 107 which is really very satisfactory. 5. Problems Encountered and Resources Required Lack of resources in the locality. For example, the time of supply of municipal water supply clashes with that of the college timing for the students. Some of them are compelled to miss a couple of lectures before lunch break. The majority of the students have to store water as their parents go out for work. Secondly, the drinking habit of the parents obstructs our counseling process.


2. Title –Adopting five students from deprived class by the teachers

  • Objectives of the Practice –To inculcate traditional Indian culture of worshipping parents. Context The Parenting Day is a changed form of Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on 14th February of the year. On the day the lovers avow their love to their beloved. This is a tradition emulated from a foreign country. Broadly speaking, in India the tradition of Valentine’s Day is always looked down upon. In order to replace this foreign culture of Valentine’s Day, the college came up with the idea of celebrating Parentine day. On the day the wards would offer flowers to their parents in acknowledgment of their dedicated selfless services to their wards. The Practice The Parentine Day is celebrated on 14th February of every year replacing the practice of the Valentine’s Day. On this day the college makes elaborate preparations in the college campus for the celebration of Parentine Day. The parents of the students are invited to remain present on the Day. The parents sit on chairs and their respective wards sit at their feet. The ceremony begins by offering ‘Aarati’ to the parents by their wards followed by offering flowers to the former by the latter. While offering “Aarati” religious verses/songs are sung. The ceremony lasts for a couple of hours during which the parents are invited to express their opinion on the occasion. The wards also share their emotional feelings. The entire ambiance on the day becomes so emotional that tears can be seen flowing down the cheeks of all. Evidence of Success: The Parentine Day celebrations have met with grand success. Everyone has praised the celebration of the Parentine Day on the college campus.


Problems encountered and resources required

  • Absence of parents
  • Lack of awareness on the part of parents about replacing Valentine Day by Parentine Day Celebration