3 new PG courses in Car Street First Grade College

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July 10, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo said the Dayananda Pai-Sathish Pai Government First Grade College will start three new postgraduate courses — MA in Political Science, MSW and MSc in Chemistry in the academic year.

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Mr Lobo, who is also chairman of Dayananda Pai-Sathish Pai Government First Grade College (Car Street) Development Committee, said the college has started MCom from last year.

To help the poor students, a proposal has been submitted to the government for sanctioning a post-matric hostel on the college campus. A four-storeyed hostel has been planned through Backward Classes Department, to accommodate at least 200 girl students, he added.

Wit the technological leap with the launch of ‘Jnana Sangama’, the attendance system in the college, has been made online from this year. The new e-attendance software will allow teachers to mark attendance on smart devices such as a laptop with the same data getting registered in the server as well. Further, a message will be sent to the parents, whenever a student remains absent to the classes, he said.

Further, the MLA said under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the college has received a grant of Rs 2 crore. In this, Rs 70 lakh has been utilised for the construction of classrooms, Rs 10 lakh for the purchase of laptops and Rs 19 lakh for ICT programme under ‘Jnana Sangama’. Rs 56 lakh has been released for modernisation and upgradation works and Rs 45 lakh for the purchase of equipment. The classrooms have been converted to smart classes, he explained.

The college is also planing to start mid-day meals for the students at a concessional rate. A committee has been constituted under the leadership of the principal to contact the donors, he added.

Highest admission

Stating that the admissions to various undergraduate courses in the college has seen a phenomenal increase, college principal Rajashekar Hebbar said already 716 students have been taken admission for first year undergraduate courses. Further, students will be admitted after the second PUC supplementary results are announced. The admission for first year may cross 800, he felt.

The admission in the college is highest among 32 government colleges in the region. In addition, the Department of Collegiate Education has selected the college as Lead college for 19 government colleges in Dakshina Kannada for a period of three years from 2017-18, he said.

An employment mela for the government colleges of Dakshina Kannada and a few selected colleges will be held in the college campus on July 21. Entrepreneur Dayananda Pai has promised to construct two more floors to the existing building at a cost of Rs 3 crore. Already, he has given furnitures and photocopy machines worth Rs 8 lakh to the college during the academic year.

At a time when BBM courses are receiving poor admissions, the admissions in the college has reached 50 this year, said the principal. In addition, BSc in CBZ has been started during the academic year.

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Shwetha Rasquinha conferred doctorate by Mangalore University

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: Shwetha Rasquinha, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the Mangalore University for her thesis titled “Effectiveness of Social work intervention on caretakers of cancer patients- A social work study in Mangalore”.

She did her studies under the guidance of Dr Rameela Shekhar, Professor (Rtd), School of Social work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru.

Ms Shwetha Rasquinha hails from Vittal, D/o Vincent Rasquinha and Late Regina Rasquinha, and is the second person to complete doctoral studies from the Vittal Parish.

Her colleagues and well-wishers have congratulated her for her highest achievement in academics and successful completion of quality research.

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First Steps Preschool celebrates Red Day with Elegance

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March 15,2020

First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli celebrated Red Day on Friday, 14th March 2020 with elegance. To mark the celebration, all the tiny tots wore Red clothing and brought Red coloured fruits, vegetables & toys to share with the class and each pre-schooler briefly described his or her Red item brought to the class.

The classroom was decorated with red streamers, balloons and table settings. The bulletin board was designed with the word ‘Red’ with pictures of Red animals, vehicles, plants and foods.

The Bloomings were asked to bring Red coloured objects for a ‘Show and Tell’ activity.

The teachers collected the objects from the children and displayed them on a table and taught the names of the objects to the children and also introduced many other facts about them. Students were given a thorough understanding of the colour red through different activities.

The kids actively participated and were very happy and excited. Parents were equally thrilled and overwhelmed due to their child’s participation.

Career Guidance Counsellor, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Shameer Ahmed was the chief guest of the event. He addressed the students on the importance of colours and explained the purpose of conducting such an event to boost the confidence and creative culture in kids.

Headteacher Himna S. Ahmed enlightened the importance of colour in our life. She further added that Red is the best colour to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence & optimism. In the meaning of colours, Red inspires original thought and inquisitiveness.

Red is the colour of energy, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense colour. Children learnt the significance, importance and identification of the colours.

The teachers Himna, Azeema decorated the classrooms with red objects that children can easily identify with. They created beautiful red tables, red drapes, red balloons, red toys, red boxes, red balls, red fruit and vegetable cutouts etc. Everywhere the kids looked, they found something or the other in red. Learning was fun on red day and the children are looking forward to learning about yet another colour.

Event coordinator Shehzan S. Ahmed arranged the event in a skilled manner, which added a feather to the event.

In the end, each child was sent home with a bright Red smiley prop. and the colouring sheets which they coloured as an indoor activity to commemorate the Red day.

The event magnificently concluded with refreshments for the kids of pre-school.