Title of the practice -
Rajashree Shahu Duttak-Palak Yojana (Student Adoption Scheme)
The context
The college teachers have been imparting formal education to the students of the area since its inception. In addition to this the teachers are keen in undertaking their responsibility towards society. Each teacher adopts one poor student of the college and tries to cater to his / her educational requirements such as study material, fees and other supporting needs during the academic year. To extend more participation and widen the scheme, we have decided to involve alumni members of the college to adopt the girl students having poor background. Under this noble scheme, the alumni students have adopted girl students and also donated cycles to them.
Objectives of the practice
It has been observed that there are many students coming from the rural area with low economic back ground. Their parents are unable to provide financial support because of agriculture background. Therefore the objectives of the practice are:
- To extend financial aid to the poor students with the rural background, to save them from discontinuation of their studies due to poverty.
- To provide financial support to all the poor students without any discrimination of caste, creed or gender.
- To promote the quality education among the students.
- To inculcate the value of social responsibility among the students.
The Practice
In this region, most of the people are depend on agriculture. Therefore the condition of the peasants live in miserable conditions of illiteracy, ill-health and poor. For these reasons, they do not send their wards to the city for higher education, because it is not affordable to them, which demands higher amounts of money. Though, sometimes, they do venture to admit their wards to the colleges in the town, they are unable to give sustained financial support throughout the course of study because agricultural background. So, it is clear that without financial support from the college through Rajashree Shahu Duttak-Palak Yojana (Student Adoption Scheme), the rural youth cannot hope to successfully complete their higher studies.
Obstacles faced and strategies adopted to overcome them
In the beginning of designing the best practice, some groups of the students opposed the idea that the welfare scholarship holders too should be given the opportunity.
- They also expressed growing apprehension that the funds collected for the purpose would be misused.
- As a result, most of the students and staff did not come forward to contribute to the fund.
- Some even blamed that the idea of the Endowment Scholarships is not based on social justice. • The college had to overcome many of these impediments to persuade the alumni and other philanthropists in favour of instituting the endowment
Impact of the practice
The students who were benefited with this scheme, proved themselves worthy of it. The financial support helped them to improve their academic up-liftment. It resulted into decrease in dropout rate and the result of the college elevated.
Resources required
- Data of the deserving students for the scheme.
- Committee formation for the practice
- List of donors
- Seed Money required for the implementation of the scheme.
