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CRITERION-III

RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

Promotion of Research :

Strategies to promote faculty to do research

The institution provides the following facilities in order to motivate the teachers to

take up research in education:-

The faculty is granted 15 days on Duty / Academic leave to attend seminars and for

data collection for a research study.

The teachers are permitted to take casual leave to meet their guide regarding thesis

work.

The institution allows the staff members to use the (computer and internet facility for

data analysis and reference material) library and other facilities available in the

institution for their research work.

The college has a well equipped psychology lab. having various tools in psychology.

This inspires the teachers to do their research in Educational Psychology.

The teachers guide research of M.Ed. students and prepare standardized research

tools in education.

Registration fee is exempted for staff members in the National Seminar organized by

the institution itself.

Researches Conducted Research Output

All the faculty members are guiding research at M.Ed. level and four faculty members

are approved supervisors under whom 9 Ph.D. scholars are working. Faculty members

also undertake small research projects. Now that college has been registered under

regulation 12(B). Members will submit major, minor research projects to UGC. Prof.

PC. Doshi has completed 13 research projects and 23 students have been awarded

Ph.D. under his guidance.

Thrust areas of Research:

The following could be considered as thrust areas of research which the institution

prioritizes:

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Education of Girls/Women

Teacher Education.

Value Education.

Role of ICT in teaching learning process.

Language Teaching.

Inclusive Education.

Environmental Education.

Issues related to teaching learning

Right to Education.

Seminar

The institution organized two days seminar on 4th

and 5th

February 2012. All our staff

members presented papers in the National Seminar titled ―Women Empowerment: A

Challenge of 21st Century.‖ M.Ed. students also presented papers and the college also

published a pre-seminar publication. Total 255 participants participated in the seminar

representing 09 states.

Another National Seminar titled ―Teacher Education: Challenges of 21st Century‖ was

organized on 21st and 22

nd April 2012 by Dept. of Education , MLS University in

collaboration with RMTT College. All the faculty members actively participated in

seminar and presented papers. A pre-seminar publication was also published, in which

college had a major role. Our principal along with the faculty shouldered joint

responsibility of organizing the seminar with the Department of Education, Mohanlal

Sukhadia University, Udaipur.

Preparation of Teaching Learning Material

The teachers provide various instructional material prepared by them to the students

to enrich the learning process.

Student teachers prepare teaching aids under the guidance of experts. Science Lab,

Psychology Lab and Home Science Lab have been enriched by developing teaching

aids.

Four of our staff members attended professional development training programme

organized by SIERT.

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Consultancy

Consultancy services are provided to various schools and colleges by some of our

faculty members. Apart from that they act as resource persons, judges and subject

experts in various programs related to teaching and learning process.

Principal of the College Dr. (Mrs.) Prabha Vajpeyee is associated with the University

(MLSU) in making Annual Examination progamme, inspection of the colleges, as a

member of selection committee NCTE inspection, IGNOU consultancy and

examination of all the Universities of Rajasthan. She is the member of Academic

Council.

One of the senior most faculties of the college Prof. P.C. Doshi is evaluating Ph.D. of

the students of various Universities and is the member of research board for the

approval of synopsis of Raj. Vidyapeeth and Banasthali Vidyapeeth. He has also

evaluated ―Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme‖ at Dungarpur District. He has

completed nearly 9 research projects (From 2001-2011). He is the member of visiting

team of NAAC, NCTE. He is the member of BOM and the member of Academic

Council of J.Rai Nagar R.V., Udaipur. He also acts as resource person and subject

expert of maths at SIERT, NCERT and delivers lectures in different colleges of

Education.

Whereas the following faculty members act as an expert on the selection committees

held for various post of different colleges :-

Prof. P.C. Doshi

Prof. B.M. Dadheech

Dr. Jagriti Parikh

Dr. Prem Prabhakar

Dr. Hasina Kasam

Dr. Nirupama Sharma

Dr. Shailja Bhardwaj

The institution played very important role in the revision of the B.Ed. syllabus of

MLSU. Academic support and guidance is also provided to other B.Ed. Colleges by

our faculty in the form of guest lecturers.

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The institution is the study centre of Vardhman Mahavir Open University (VMOU).

Almost all the faculty members are providing their consultancy services to B.Ed. and

M.A. (Education). Six members guide the dissertation of M.A. (Education)

candidates.

Extension Activities

The college provides extension services to the practicing schools in the form of

demonstrations lessons, library services, supply of teaching aids prepared by our

student-teachers.

1) Eco Friendly Activities

Green, Clean eco friendly environment is ensured by the maintenance of a green

campus. The institution bans plastic products. Bio-degradable and non-biodegradable

wastes are disposed off separately. Thus, an effective waste management is ensured.

Collaborations:-

The institution is having collaboration with Mahaveer International. With its

assistance the college conducts blood donation camp every alternate year. Within the

same programme the students are enlightened towards the formation and types of

blood, need and benefits of blood donation.

The Institution has an informal linkage with practice teaching schools. Faculty

members visit the schools to get feedback of the performance of the student teachers

from Teachers and Heads of the Institutions. Based on the teaching feedback the

students are instructed to modify their activities in schools.

Healthy relationship with the faculty members of other colleges and universities is

maintained by our faculty members. They are encouraged to attend seminars

conducted in other institutions and to make our students participate in the inter-

collegiate competitions.

Regular meetings of all the members took place at Rajasthan Mahila T.T. College,

Vidhya Bhawan T.T. College and Nimbark T.T. College respectively and the

committee decided or finalized sub committees for syllabus framing and presentations

followed thereafter.

The senior faculty members have collaboration with NCTE & NAAC as they go for

inspection /Peer Team members.

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Now an attempt is being made to answer various questions included in Criterion III –

3.1 Promotion of Research –

Q.1. How does the institution motivate its teachers to take up research in education.

Ans.- College encourages its faculty members to enroll for Ph.D., already 9 faculty

members have used this opportunity. Institution provides on duty leave when they go

for data collection.

Teachers are provided with various facilities such as free internet access,

augmentation of the laboratory and library facilities, on line resources, research

journals etc.

Teachers are encouraged to acquire higher qualification-M Phil, Ph.D. NET. SLET

etc.

About 30 research journals (national, international) are being subscribed/ purchased

for the library. All the volumes of survey of educational research are available in

the library, both students as well as teachers are encouraged to consult this material.

The institution motivates the teachers by permitting them to attend seminars/

conferences/workshops etc. Faculty members are encouraged to participate and

present their papers in national/ international conferences for which they are provided

on duty leave/ academic leave.

Q. 2 What are the thrust areas of research prioritized by the institution?

Ans.

I. The priority areas of research identified are as following:-

1. Education of Girls/Women.

2. Value Education.

3. Environmental Education.

4. Teaching Models.

5. Teacher Education

6. Inclusion Education.

7. Language Teaching.

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8. ICT

9. Issues related to teaching and learning

10 Right to Education.

Q.3. Does the institution encourage action research? If yes, give details on some of the

major out comes and impact?

Ans. - Yes, the institution encourages action research. Last year two researches were

conducted as Bhasha Ashuddi Sanshodhan and Handwriting Improvement of

pupil teachers.

Q. 4. Give details of the conference/ seminar/ workshop attended by the faculty

member in the last five years.

Ans. - List Attached vide Annexure -5

Q.5. Give details of the conference/Seminar/ workshop organized by the members of

the institution.

Ans. The college organized a National seminar on ―Women Empowerment‖ in the month

of February 2012 and in the same year another seminar ―Challenges in Teacher

Education‖ was also organized in collaboration with M.L. Sukhadia University. In the

seminar organized by the college on ―Women Empowerment‖, 225 members

participated from 9 states and pre-seminar publication containing abstracts of the

papers of the participants, keynote address and the theme initiation was published.

3.2 Research & Publication out put

Q. 1. Give details of instructional and other material developed including teaching aids

and or used by the institution for enhancing the quality of teaching during the

last three years.

Ans. 1. Print material such as lesson plans, charts, flash cards, Power point presentation

Transparencies, Non-print material such as models, charts and computer assisted

learning material is prepared by faculty members and the students .

2. The student teachers learn how to prepare and use teaching aids as part of their

sessional work assignments. They also use them during practice lessons and final

lesson.

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3. The faculty members use ICT in presenting demonstration lesson as well as in theory

teaching.

4. An exhibition is organized at the end of practice teaching in which the teaching aids

are displayed. These teaching aids are also distributed to the practice teaching schools

and are also used by the students of next batch during their practice teaching.

Q. 2 Give details on facilities available with the institution for developing

instructional materials.

Ans. The facilities provided by the institution for developing instructional material are as

following:

(1) The institution has well equipped computer lab with 20 computers connected

in LAN which is used for developing instructional materials, power point

presentations and CAI.

(2) For development of print and non-print materials, the institution has separate

ET and computer labs well equipped with LCD, OHP, Slide Projector, White

Board and computers.

(3) Free internet facilities are provided to M.Ed./B.Ed. Students & faculty through

out the year, well equipped computerized library having reference books and

Journals/ Periodicals/ Magazines, E- Journal. Some other M.Ed./Ph.D.

students also visit the library for reference purpose.

Q.3. Did the institution develop any ICT/Technology related instructional materials

during the last five years? Give details.

Ans. (1) The faculty members have developed:-

Few PowerPoint presentations.

Students have prepared lessons plans using ICT.

CAI materials are also used in practice teaching and such lesson plans are

available.

Q. 4. Give details on various training programmes and / or workshops on materials

development (Both instructional and other materials).

a. Organized by the institution

b. Attended by the staff

c. Training provided to the staff

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Ans.

The institution has organized training programmes on instructional material

development for the pupil teachers in which they are trained by the faculty members

to prepare various teaching aids like charts, Transparencies, projects, models

flashcards etc.

Q. 5. List the Journals in which the faculty members have published papers in the last

five years.

Ans. - List attached vide Annexure - 6

Q. 6. Give details of the award, honor and patents received by the faculty members in

the last five years.

Ans. - List attached vide Annexure -7

Q. 7. Give details of the minor/ major research projects completed by staff members

of the institution in last five years.

Ans. - List attached vide Annexure - 8

3.3 Consultancy

Q.1. Did institution provide consultancy services in last five years? If yes, give details-

Ans.

(1) Faculty members are invited by the practicing schools for guidance to their teaching

staff in the recent developments in Pedagogy. The faculty members also give

demonstration lessons in schools.

(2) Principal and professor of the college have delivered several lectures at

CTE/IASE/SIERT and other T.E.Is institutes, SSA invited Professor of the college to

supervise the allotted district programmes.

(3) Principal, Professor & staff of this college have chaired many national/ international

seminars.

(4) The faculty members of the college are engaged in inspection of B.Ed. colleges and

selection of Principal & lecturers of other colleges.

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(5) The institution has also played a very important role in the revision of the syllabus of

M.L. Sukhadia University. The list of various faculty members involved in this

revision of syllabus has been given in Annexure -9

(6 ) Staff members of the college have delivered extension lectures in other B.Ed.

College and Sister concerns of RMV. Principal of the College Dr. (Mrs.) Prabha

Vajpeyee is the member of committee of course and Academic Council of M.L.

Sukhadia University and is very much engaged in helping the University in making

Annual examination programme, as a member of Selection Committee, NCTE

inspection VMOU consultancy etc.

(7) The honorable President of the institution Dr. A.B. Phatak is an outstanding

educationist of the day who is acting as advisor at several Teachers colleges, he has

been providing consultancy services to SIERT, NCTE, NCERT, CTE and IASE.

Q.2. Are faculty / staff members of the institution competent to undertake

consultancy? If yes, list the areas of competency of staff members and the steps

initiated by the institution to publicize the available expertise.

Ans.

Yes, the faculty members of the institution are competent to undertake consultancy.

The area in which consultancy is provided are given below:-

(1) Methodology of teaching different subjects.

(2) Action research.

(3) Educational technology.

(4) Development of Instructional material.

(5) ICT

The University, SIERT and other TEIs are well aware of the expertise available with

this college.

Q.3. How much revenue has been generated through consultancy in the last five

years? How is the revenue generated shared among the concerned staff members

and the institution?

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Ans.

The institution provides consultancy services to the schools, department of Education

from where no consultancy fee is charged. Hence there is no revenue generated for

the institution.

Q. 4. How does the institution use the revenue generated through consultancy?

Ans. Since no revenue is generated through consultancy services, the question of its use

does not arise.

3.4 Extension Activities

Q.1. How has the local community benefited from the institution? (Contribution of

the institution through various extension activities, outreach programmes,

partnering with NGO’s and GO’s)?.

Ans.

(1) Students are involved in community services in collaboration with various

NGOs there by acquiring an awareness of social needs.

(2) The institution organizes Nuckkad Nataks, awareness rallies, tree plantation

Career guidance and counseling, Computer education, health & hygiene,

literacy programme, Diagnostic & remedial teaching.

(3) The faculty members and students of the college have also organized blood

donation camp in collaboration with Mahaveer International dated 13.12.12.

(4) The faculty members deliver extension lectures and demonstration lessons in

schools. Teaching aids prepared by students are also provided on demand of

the schools. Our faculty members also help schools in their efforts to bring

about improvement.

The institution has organized various extension activities and programmes to

benefit the local community. The details are as following:

(1) The pupil teachers are encouraged to plant the trees and take care of them.

(2) Aids awareness day was celebrated on Ist Dec. 2012.

Q.2. How has the institution benefitted from the community? (Community

participation in institutional development, institution-community networking,

institution-school networking, etc.)?

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Ans.

(1) The institution has been benefitted by the community in various ways :-

Institution school net working: - During practising programme all student

trainees interact well with the school staff. Besides class room teaching, the

pupil teachers organize and conduct the morning assembly.

(2) The local leaders such as M.P., M.L.A., Parshad of municipal council also

provide their full support to the institution.

(3) The government has given land free of cost to the institution.

Q. 3. What are the future plans and major activities the institution would like to take

up for providing community orientation to students.

Ans.

(1) Mentorship programme.

(2) To adopt one village and work once a week for the upliftment of villagers via

various activities. The student teachers will work there for at least three hours.

Pre test and post test will also be conducted for few academic activities.

(3) In the coming years, during the open air session, the students will be

conducting some research projects like:-

- Implementation of Right to Education.

- Attitude towards Women (girls) Education.

- Study of Environmental Awareness.

- Awareness Regarding Women‘s Rights.

- Socio-Economic Survey.

- Study of Enrolment and dropout rate in the villages where open air session is

organized.

Q. 4. Is there any project completed by the institution related to the community

development in last five years? If yes, give details.

Ans. The institution has completed several projects related to community development

Details are attached in Annexure -10

Q. 5. How does the institution develop social and citizenship values and skills among

its students?

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Ans. The college has a student council through which the training in democratic values is

imparted. During open-air session camp the students‘ awareness is created regarding

the social problem and protection of our national heritage and environment. The

students also participate in activities like road safety week.

In order to inculcate sense of cleanliness among the pupil teachers, dustbins are

placed at different points in institution.

Various activities such as environmental awareness, social work, AIDS awareness,

population education, blood donation camp etc are organized to inculcate social

concern in the minds of the student teachers.

3.5 Collaborations

Q.1. Name the national level organizations, if any, with which the institution

has established linkage in last five years. Detail the benefits regulated out

of such linkages.

Ans –

(1) The college has linkage with NCTE, NCERT , NAAC and SIERT which is

responsible for maintaining the quality of teacher education imparted by the

college.

Dr. Prabha Vajpeyee, Principal and Dr. Praveen Doshi, Professor of the

college are in the inspection team of NCTE.

Prof. P.C. Doshi, is also the member of NCTE and NAAC who visits several

colleges of southern & northern region. We get literature from NCERT,

SIERT, NCTE, NAAC and our faculty members are invited as consultants

(2) The B.Ed. department is having collaboration with 12 Secondary/Hr. Sec.

Schools for teaching practice and final lesson examinations.

Q. 2. Name the international organizations with which the institution has established

any linkage in the last five years. Details the benefits resulted out of such linkages.

Ans. – At present the institution does not have any linkage with any international

organization.

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Q.3. How did the linkage if any contribute to the following?

Curriculum Development

Teaching

Training

Practice teaching

Research

Consultancy

Extension

Publication

Student placement

Ans. Institution has linkage with NCERT, NCTE, UGC, University, IASE and CTES, Other

TEIS, SIERT and schools. Our Faculty members are invited for seminars/ workshops

/Training programmes, they are invited for consultancy, we get literature from the

above mentioned institutions. We are able to invite experts for professional

development of our faculty. We get publications of NCERT, NCTE, UGC for our

library. The linkage with schools is helpful in organizing practice teaching and block

practice.

Q. 4. What are the linkages of the institution with the school sector?

Ans. The institution has close linkage with the adjoining schools through practice of

teaching and block practice teaching programme. The linkages are further being

strengthened through the extension activities of the institution.

Some of our alumni are acting as Principals and senior teachers in various reputed

schools.

Faculty members of this college are in close contact with sister concerns. Our Sr. Sec.

School and English medium school, Vision Academy for exchanging views on

academic issues.

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Q.5. Is the faculty actively engaged in schools and with teachers and other school

personnel to design, evaluate and deliver practice teaching? If yes, give details.

Ans.- The faculty is actively engaged in schools with the teachers to design, evaluate and

deliver practice teaching in the following manners:-

(i) The meetings of the Heads of the practicing schools are organized in the

beginning and at the end of practice teaching in order to plan and evaluate

practice teaching programme. Their suggestions are helpful in improving the

quality of Practice Teaching Programme.

(ii) The portion of syllabus to be covered during teaching practice is decided in

consultation with teachers of practicing schools.

(iii) The practicing school teachers remain in the classes of student teachers, they

observe their lessons and sometimes give feedback to the student teachers.

Q. 6. How does the faculty collaborate with school and other college or university

faculty?

Ans. – The institution collaborates with other institutions and schools and University faculty

in the following manner:

(i) Collaboration with schools is ensured through practice teaching, block-

teaching and other extension activities.

(ii) Collaboration with other colleges is ensured by sending our faculty members

in the seminars, workshops and conferences organized by these colleges. We

also invite the faculty members of other colleges for some extension lectures.

Our senior faculty members go as resource persons for some activities in other

TEI.

(iii) The institution maintains close collaboration with University regarding

syllabus framing academic council, examination , inspection, committee of

courses etc.

(iv) The faculty members had shared major responsibilities in a seminar organized

by the University. Some faculty members are in University academic bodies.

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3.6 Best Practices in Research, Consultancy and Extension

Q. 1. What are the major measures adopted by the institution to enhance the Quality

of Research, Consultancy and Extension activities during the last five years?

Ans. The following measures are adopted by the institution to enhance quality of research,

consultancy and extension activities:-

(i) Experts are invited to orient the faculty in research methodology and in

identifying research problems and developing research designs..

(ii) Faculty members are encouraged to enroll for Ph.D.

(iii) The schools are contacted to identify their needs for consultation and

extension activities.

(iv) We distribute teaching aids prepared by our students to the practice

Teaching schools.

(v) Institution provides facilities to faculty members undertaking research

projects or doing Ph.D.

Q.2. What are significant innovations/ good practices in Research, Consultancy and

Extension activities of the institution?

Ans.

1. The faculty members are encouraged to participate in research seminars

organized by the University and other institutions.

2. The faculty members of the college provide consultancy services from time

to time to schools and other TEIs and they organize extension services in

practicing schools. The Principal and Professors of the college have acted as

resource person in training programmes organized by CTE.