INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

Started with a humble beginning, the college has grown substantially over the years in terms of physical and educational aspects. Out of the 75 bighas of land in its original possession, the college GB donated 30 bighas to the Public Health Department for construction of a Civil Hospital. Now the college has 45 bighas of land in its own campus.

          During the forty years of its existence, the college has made significant progress. The serene atmosphere with calm, green surroundings, a fishery at the entrance, boundary walls with a main gate is conducive to academic pursuits. The science building “Siddhinath Sarma Vigyan Bhavan” is a separate building. The science departments are equipped with adequate laboratory facilities. All the necessary equipments and apparatus are provided to the laboratory of each science department. The science departments have been provided with their own common rooms for teachers. Moreover, departmental seminar libraries maintained by the respective departments in the Science stream and a few Arts departments, provide additional help to the students in general and the teachers in particular.

          The classrooms are adequate for smooth running of all the classes. Altogether twenty-two subjects and one self-financing course and one self- financing programme provide education to the students. Majority of the science classes are generally held in their respective departments.

         The administrative building is well established with separate rooms for Principal with sufficient infrastructure, Vice-Principal, Accounts Branch, Examination Branch, Cash counter, Superintendent and UGC branch. The general common room for teachers provides minimum facilities with a TV set, a few magazines, newspapers, department-wise selves, clean drinking water facility and other necessary physical facilities. Moreover, there are news paper and magazine stands for displaying newspapers and journals for teachers. Two water tanks are there for running water (one in the science block and the other near the teachers’ common room) and three tube wells provide pure drinking water to all. Separate NCC room, Yoga and Meditation room and also The Bharat Scouts and Guides room are there inside the college campus. The Computer Centre has five computers in a well-maintained laboratory. Reprographic machine is also kept in a separate room. There is a sericulture garden behind the science block. A godown and a chowkidar’s quarter are there inside the campus. Besides being a classroom, Hall No. 3 is usually

used as auditorium. A bicycle stand is also there in front of the college building. The college canteen provides food items during the college hours.

         The college library is housed in the ground floor adjacent to the administrative building. The library remains open from 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM. It has more than 42,000 books including some valuable collection of Encyclopaedias, literary volumes of prominent writers, important journals and newspapers are regularly subscribed. There are separate reading rooms for teachers and students. Books are kept department wise in almirahs, book issue counter is well managed with sufficient staff and also a paper stand is there, where important newspapers are displayed for students. There is a separate room for the librarian, where important books and encyclopaedias are kept along.  It is adducible that new books are added every year to suit requirement of various departments. It is proposed that computerization of the system will be introduced from the next year.

          One hostel building for Tribal girls and one Women Hostel are being constructed. The construction of both these Hostels are almost complete. It is expected that the hostels will be ready for students from the next academic session.

         The playground adjacent to the college building is used for out door games and sports activities. There are separate common room facilities for both boys and girls. Yoga and meditation centre is housed on the top floor of the corridor. Facilities for seasonal games like volleyball, badminton, cricket etc. are provided during the college hours.

 For augmenting infrastructure, we plan to approach the following for necessary funding:

(i)  University Grants Commission

(ii) MP Local Area Development scheme against specific proposal like

         (a) Construction of Auditorium

         (b) Bio-informatics Centre

    (iii) MLA Local Area Development fund for computerization of the science department

 What are the physical infrastructure facilities available in the sports and physical education centre? Give details.

The college does not have a Sports & Physical Education Centre. However, the playground adjacent to the campus has been utilised to facilitate students to play and be trained in football, badminton, volleyball, cricket and basketball