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Annual Report
Report of the
Activities of St Joseph’s Training College during the academic year
2005-06 Submitted by the Principal Dr K. M. Santakumari on the
occasion of the
College
Annual Day on 8th
April 8, 2006
Rev. Fr Jerome
Cherussery CMI, Provincial, Respected Chief guest, Sri C.L.Jose,
President Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy, Rev Fr Jacob
Njerinjampilly, Manager, Rev Sr Stella Rose CMC, Principal, CKCTTI,
Pavaratty, Mrs Rosy Joseph, Vice President, GTA, Sri Jince Josepaul
O, Chairman, College Union, Distinguished guests My dear colleagues
and students
I know listening
to a college report is sometimes a boring thing at least to many of
us. Never the less I am very happy to present before you this report
of the activities of our college. I shall be as brief as possible.
St Joseph’s
Training College, affiliated to the University of Calicut and
approved by NCTE, is a self financing College run by Devamatha
Province of CMI congregation and is managed by St Thomas Monastery
Pavaratty. Following the motto of the college, Labor Omnia Vincit,
we aim at inculcating the noble values in our students, making them
hardworking teachers, who would mould the younger generations for
the good of our nation. The college offers courses in Commerce,
English, Malayalam, Mathematics, Physical Science, Natural Science
and Social Science. We have 100 students, 11 teaching and 3
non-teachers faculty. Fr Davis Thomas is the staff advisor and Sri
Babu V.J. is the staff secretary.
Inauguration
Rev Fr Paul
Achandy inaugurated the college and the activities of the academic
year 2005-06 on 21st July 2005 in the presence of the
Manager, Fr Jacob Njerinjampilly, Principal Dr K.M. Santhakumari,
Faculty, students, parents and well-wishers. Felicitations were
offered by Sri E.A. Thomas the principal of our
Higher
Secondary School
and Sri A.L.Sebastian the Head Master of L.P School Pavaratty. The
next day was the Vidyarambham day. We had a special prayer service
with readings from the holy books of different religions. The staff
and students took the pledge with lighted candles in their hands to
go forward in the light of God.
Thought for the
Day
Our Regular day
starts with the morning prayer and thought for the day. Something
special to the training colleges, the thought for the day programme
gives chance to the student teachers to express themselves on
different subjects making them capable of guiding their future
students
Students Union
Our student
teachers are to be the leaders in their future school situations. In
order to give leadership training and to coordinate different
activities of the college, the students
Union was elected. The following are the office-bearers of the
students union.
Chairman Jince Josepaul O
Vice Chairman Jolly
P.J.
General
Secretary Arathi G.
Joint Secretary
Cili Jerome C
Fine Arts
Secretary Janray James
Magazine
Editor Shyji V.J.
General
Captain Raison Francis
All our students
are divided into four houses, Greeshmam, Hemantham, Sisiram and
Vasantham for the better coordination and conduct of different
activities
Guardian Teacher
Association
Unlike other
regular degree colleges we have Guardian Teacher Association instead
of PTA. The general body of the GTA was held on 5th
September 2005 and elected
Shri M.P.Jerome
as the president and Mrs. Rosy Joseph as the Vice president. I am
happy to note that the GTA had been very co-operative with their
suggestions and assistance in the functioning of the college.
Practice Teaching
Most important
part of the B Ed course is the practice teaching of the student
teachers. They were well prepared with different models of teaching
and methods of writing lesson plans and reports. Experts were
brought in to take classes so that our students could observe and
prepare lessons and reports. Mr Benny Jacob, Mr Madhusudanan C. and
Dr Meera took classes on different models of teaching. Our students
were sent to the following schools at the end of the first semester
for their practice teaching:
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1 St Joseph’s H
S School, Pavaratty
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Christ King
Convent Girls High School, Pavaratty
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St Sebastian’s
High School, Chittatukara
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Little Flower
Convent H. S. School, Mammiyoor
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St Joseph’s
High School, Enamavu
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M.R.Raman
Memorial High School, Chavakad
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St John’s High
School, Parappur
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Government H.S.
School, Mullassery
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Sree
Ramakrishna H.S. School, Puranattukara
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Sree Sarada
H.S.School, Puranattukara
We are very
grateful to these schools that accepted our students as trainee
teachers. We request their continued co-operation and support.
The commission
members appointed by the University visited the college in the first
week of February 2006 and conducted the practical examinations of
our students
In-service
Programmes for the Teachers
As you know this
year we had a revised syllabus for the B Ed Degree course. There was
an addition of the fourth general paper on ICT and communicative
English. In order to get acquainted with the changes in the
syllabus and to be familiar with the developments in the field of
education, our faculty members participated in many seminars and
workshops. Some of the important ones are the following:
1
UGC
sponsored National Seminar on Innovative Techniques to Aid
Performance in English as Second Language held at Farook College,
Kozhikode
2
University Level Seminar on Curriculum Transaction based on the
revised B Ed Curriculum held at
NSS
Training
College,
Ottapalam
3
A
Seminar on Educational Psychology held at DAM Training College,
Chelambra
4
A
Workshop on Innovative Strategies in teaching Commerce
5
University level Workshop on Models of Teaching held at KPPM College
of Teacher Education, Malappuram
6
A
Workshop on Information and Communication Technology in Education
held at Teacher Education Centre, Vatakara
7
National Seminar on Achieving Quality in Higher Education through
Teacher Professionalism held at Jesus Training College, Mala
Feasts and
Celebrations
We celebrated the
national and other important feasts with all its solemnity and
gaiety. Independence day was celebrated along with the staff and
students of the
Higher
Secondary School.
Our trainees presented a patriotic song on that occasion. The Inter
house quiz on ‘the Struggle for Independence’ was both entertaining
and educative. Onam was celebrated with different traditional
competitions and cultural programmes. The onasadya was prepared by
the staff and students. The manuscript magazine released on that day
was well appreciated by all. Congratulations to Mr Byju Mathew, the
staff editor, Shyji V.J. the student editor and all others who
worked behind it. It may be noted that they are getting ready with
the college annual magazine, which will be published soon.
On the teachers
day the students greeted the teachers with flowers. Sri Bharathan
Master, the winner of National award, talked to the students
enlightening them about the noble profession of a teacher. Christmas
was celebrated with carol singing and gift exchange. Different
entertaining competitions added colour to the
day.
College tour and
Field Trip
Tours
and picnics are occasions for the teacher trainees to develop
community feeling and to get leadership training. They provide
occasions for better interactions among themselves and to get
training in conducting such tours in their actual school
situations. This year we had our college tour to Hydrabad in the
month of November 2005. A field trip was arranged for the students
of Physical Science, Natural Science and Commerce options. A one-day
picnic was also organized by the students themselves.
Community Living
Camp
With the revised
syllabus new activities were added to the B. Ed course. It was
divided into two semesters and one of the important activities of
the first semester was the community living camp. All our students
and staff stayed together for three days in the month of January
2006.They planned and executed different community activities. They
were engaged in many socially useful productive works. Classes by
experts were arranged in different subjects. Common meals, games,
prayers and other activities helped to develop a feeling of oneness
in the students.
Club Activities
Future teachers
are to be trained in organizing different activities in their future
schools. For this we have two important clubs functioning in our
college. The Tourism Club working in collaboration with the District
Tourism Promotion Council was inaugurated by Mr Santhosh K.V. the
secretary of DTPC. Different activities were organized by the club
in order to get first hand knowledge to our students. Dr Shankar,
Senior Scientist of Kerala Forest Research Institute enlightened our
students on Ecotourism through his class. We welcomed Mrs Mizzi
Leinmuller, a German tourist and interacted with her on German life
and culture.
Nature club is
another club functioning in the college. It had arranged many
programmes. The club provided opportunity to the students of college
and school to observe the eclipse. The club organized a seminar on
Environmental Education by Prof. Ignatius Antony of Dept of Botany,
St Thomas
College,
Thrissur. The exhibition organized by the Nature Club attracted
many.
A Quiz
competition by the Mathematics option, a class on Child Rights by
Mrs Jerlin, were some other important programmes of this year.
Talent Time
We have set apart
one hour every week as Talent time. It is the time to bring out the
child in our students. It gives opportunity to the trainees to
express and exhibit their talents through words, actions, dance and
drama. It gives our students some relaxing time in the midst of the
busy schedule of semester system.
Annual Sports and
Fine Arts Day
Annual sports
meet was inaugurated by Mr Khalid, Rtd S.P. The day started with the
march past by four different houses. The students participated in
different events with healthy competitive spirit. Jince Josepaul and
Jency were the individual champions. Certificates and medals were
given to the winners.
Two days Arts
Festival presented a cultural feast to all. The notable thing is
that in both sports and Arts competitions the trainees themselves
were the participants and judges, thus giving them training in
different aspects of conducting competitions.
Manojkumar K.S.
was adjudged as the Kalaprathibha and Sahithyaprathibha.
Shency A. Jose
was the Kalathilakam
Web Site of the
College
Within a short
period of its inception our college has found a place in the World
Wide Web. Today our college is accessible from any nook and corner
of the world and all her activities are visible to all who visit the
site
www.trainingcollegepavaratty.com.
Three cheers to
our friend Bro Geo who designed the web site from Madras and is
constantly updating the page from there
Conclusion
The academic year
is coming to end and our students are getting ready for their second
model exams and the second semester university exams. When I look
back I am happy and satisfied. Whatever we have achieved is the
result of the collaboration and cooperation of all the faculty and
students. First and foremost I express my gratitude to God Almighty
who was guiding us all through these days. I am greatly indebted to
Rev Fr Jacob Njerinjampilly, the manager who supported and guided us
as one among us. I thank my colleagues and students who stood by me
in all the activities of the college. I wish all the best to my dear
students and pray that come out in flying colours in the ensuing
examinations.
Thanking you
Dr K.S.
Santhakumri
Principal
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