DRC - Profile

District Resource Center, NTR KRISHNA

Dr.SVS.BALASYBRAHMANYAM DEVARAKONDA M.A., Ph.D., District Resource Centre (DRC)Coordinator (NTR KRISHNA District)

In Andhra Pradesh majority of the Government Degree Colleges are located in rural and semi-urban areas, and they primarily serve students from low-income and underprivileged backgrounds. Students attending universities in rural locations confront challenges such as a lack of infrastructure and teachers, a lack of exposure to a modern educational environment, and inadequate background support. To address these issues Government Degree Colleges in the district were networked with a designated Government Degree College in the district, known as the District Resource Centre (DRC), to help primarily rural students. The SRR & CVR Government Degree College (A) in Vijayawada has been selected as a prospective centre in the NTR KRISHNA District. Since its inauguration in 2008, the District Resource Centre has been operational and effective.

OBJECTIVES OF THE DRC

1. Identifying subject-specific needs, requirements and shortages
2. A variety of district-level regular programmes, workshops, and summer programmes for students from all of the district's colleges, in areas such as subjects, skills, career, employment, and so on.
3. Strengthening the existing infrastructural facilities in the colleges for the benefit of all students, especially rural students.
4. Exchange of academic faculty and students across the colleges in the district.
5. Pooling and sharing the human resources as well as material resources for the benefit of all students in the district.

 

 

 

SWOT Analysis

STRENGTHS

1) Qualified and Experienced regular staff.

2) The Department provides a rich library to the students.

3) Teachers are able to teach with the help of audio – visual aids.

4) The Department provides Internet facilities and computers with Internet Facility to staff and students.

5) Staff is engaged actively in research.

6) Result of the Department is 100%.

7) Teachers have their personal libraries.

8) The Department has started a certificate course in Human Rights.

9) Guidance to the student about the Indian Parliamentary system.

10) Department has a good academic culture.

WEAKNESSES

1) Students of the department belong to deprived backward regions and they are economically poor so the state government gives funds directly to the families whose children are studying higher education.

2) Their communication skills should be improved. For that all departments are taking care to strengthen communication skills.

3) Computer facilities should be enhanced.

OPPORTUNITIES

1) Organization of college level and state level conferences and short term certificate courses.

2) M.A.P.G. courses available at ANU,Guntur DR BRAOU Regional Center at College itself.

3) For competitive exams, a career guidance cell is available on the college campus.

4) The students have many opportunities to work in the nearby Malls and other avenues.

5) To organize group discussion on issues at the social , national and international level.

FUTURE PLAN

1) To create awareness among the people about the Constitution of India.

2) To create the Awareness about the ‘Right to Information Act’.

3) To enable the people to perform their duty of the Rights of vote.

4) To Organize the National Level Seminars.

5) To make people aware about Human Rights and especially Child Rights