College review on Alphonsa College Pala, Kottayam
Likes
- When talking about a college everyone look forward to the campus life. But we shouldn't ignore that the age we spent during the college days are the golden period. We experience the real world for the first time. Many situations have to be faced without the supervision of parents. So during this journey we would go far away from a spiritual life and find ourselves a mess. This college never forces you to pray but it definitely provide an opportunity to come back to a spiritual life. I was a busy person filled with assignments, seminars, lab-works, records and so on and I started feeling a voidness and self helplessness. I wasn't able to figure out what I was exactly doing and I reached out to God at last. Once I attended prayers consistently I started feeling better and my mind was more clear and it has helped to have an optimistic outlook about life.
- Library is my happy place and you would find a lot of friends there. Even though it is not a place most students visit often it is a calm and quiet place to be yourself. The college central library is spacious and well organized. There are departmental libraries too for PG students. Canteen is another attraction. Every Thursdays they have special menu. Food is available at an affordable rate. The canteen is clean and good quality foods are provided there. The canteen also has a television which is switched on during the lunch time and after class time. There is a store in the college where you can find all college stationaries and other essentials. It also provides ice-creams and snacks at normal rate. Near to the store there is ample space for students to sit and talk. The college has a large auditorium , 2 seminar halls one which is just like a movie theater.
- The college usually conduct medical camps in the college which allows the students to test their health at free of cost. They would provide necessary medicines to students who are found to be in an unhealthy conditions. Hands on training programmes and career guidance classes are also conducted in an yearly basis. The college hosts many sports events and actively promote the sports students by providing fitness center. The college has a strong anti-ragging cell. The college is free of campus politics.
Dislikes
- The college faces severe water shortage during summer seasons which makes the usage of washrooms more difficult for students.
- Whenever there is a program to be organized by the students the teachers would fix the date and inform about it to the students only the day before the program.
- During monsoon the locality faces flood due to the overflow of Meenachil river and the poor drainage system of the city. So it would be a bit difficult to reach the college during the monsoon season.
Remarks :
As the college is located near to both private and KSRTC bus transport station which has buses arriving from almost all districts in Kerala it is convenient to reach the college. The itself has a college bus too. Plenty of hostels are also available near to the college. ATM of almost all banks are located within 1 km of the college. During summer the college faces water shortage, so the tap water gets muddy water which isn't fit for use. Students are allotted to colleges by the University through a single window system known as the Central allotment Process(CAP) based on merit marks of the candidate at the qualifying exam, choice of the candidate and the norms of reservation. Usually only the students with an average of 80% marks would be able to get a seat through the merit means. 50% of seats are filled on the basis of merit and 20% for SC/ST students, 20% filled by management and 10% reserved for Catholic students on the basis of merit.
Course Curriculum Overview :
I tool M.Sc. Zoology as I loved the subject. The syllabus is an extensive one that covers all the topics for CSIR JRF exam. There are 7 faculties at the department out of which 5 of them hold doctoral degree and the other two teachers are CSIR NET qualified and they are currently pursing PhD. Each and every one of them have an in-depth knowledge in their field. They make sure that the students are understanding the basics while teaching a topic. Instead of a spoon feeding method students are assigned small topics as seminar to make themselves research more on the topic and collect study materials by themselves. The exams usually occur according to the M.G University exam calender. The university semester exams occur at an interval of 5 months and time tables are published 14 days before exams. The questions are usually a moderate tough level ones usually direct questions from the syllabus. Still some indirect application level questions are also expected.
Internships Opportunities :
The college offers many certificate and diploma courses and I was a part of the 1 year diploma course in Women Entrepreneurship. It was mandatory to do an internship and we all were affiliate marketing interns at Pracol.com an E-commerce platform.(We are free to choose any companies for internship). The duration of the internship was 1 month and it was without any stipend. We did this internship through online mode as it was the time of Covid-19 lockdown. The main task assigned was to add 10 new members to the platform and make them buy products.
Placement Experience :
The college offer campus placements for self-financing courses such as B.Voc Fashion Technology and BSc/MSc Clinical Nutrition and dietetics course. The rest of the students have to find jobs by themselves. Most of the students choose this college to make it easier to study at the Civil Service Institute near the college. So they get into intense coaching for the civil services exam once they finish their studies. B.Sandhya IPS ,who retired as a DGP is an alumnae of this college. The another major group go for B.Ed or qualify NET exams and pursue a teaching profession. Mostly the sports students are employed after their studies in the Indian Railways. Overall the placement cell and the percentage of placements in the college is average. I am pursuing a job oriented course to make myself more professionally employable.
Loan/ Scholarship Provisions :
At the time of admission a student have to remit a fees of Rs.13800,which includes the PTA membership fee, PTA sports, Union fund, Lab fund, Value education, Religion & Moral science classes and exams, ID card, College development fund, Career guidance, Computer, Exam fee, Sports development, Poor students fund and others. Along with that Rs.5000 is paid as government fees. Annual fees is Rs.4785.This include Tuition fees Rs.1985,Admission fees Rs.170,Application fees Rs.60,Lab fund Rs.1325,Library fee Rs.115,Caution deposit Rs.600,Sports affiliation fee 115,Game fee 115,Association fee 60,Magazine 60,Stationary fee 60,Calender fee 40,Visual education fee 35,Medical inspection fee 15,SAF 15,Women study fee 15. SC,ST,OBC,OEC & EWS categories can avail fees concession on presenting community and income certificate. The University semester exam fees will be around 1200. The college also provides various government scholarships. Each year departmental scholarships are given based on merit.
Campus Life :
For Post graduate students in Science there won't be much time to experience campus life. Doing a PG demands some sacrifice. Still at times you would be able to participate in events. Alphonsa College greatly promote participation in intercollegiate fest. So it would be both fun and educating at the same time. I was able to travel to other colleges and places by this opportunity. The college conduct departmental competitions, exhibitions and food fests which are open to all the students. Almost all the months of a year have some events. Library is my favorite place in the college. Whether it be a subject oriented books, stories, magazines, articles, newspaper or e-books all category of books are available. The library is a calm and peaceful place to be. The college has dance club, music club, quiz club and many other. NCC,NSS unit are very active. The college is well known for its contribution to sports. Many sports persons like Preeja Sreedharan, Shiny Wilson are some notable alumnae.
Hostel Facilities :
I was a day scholar, but had friends who stayed in college hostels and PG's. The college hostels are run by sisters congregation. So they will keep you safe as there are strict instructions on leaving and entering into the hostel. The accommodation facilities are good. One room would have 3 people. The hostel food have a special menu for sports-students. Rest of the students are provided with both veg and non-veg food but most of the students doesn't like the hostel food at all. My friends usually have their food from the college canteen and occasionally from the nearby hotels. Many private hostels are also available near to the college. The rate of PG's are comparatively higher than college hostels but the food quality is much better. There is less restrictions compared to the college hostels and you would be living with students of other colleges, coaching institutes and people who are working in the nearby areas. Water shortage during summer is a main problem of the hostel.
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