Education

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"

~ Nelson Mandela

Education was added as a pass subject for the first time in 1969 and in the year 2002 honours was introduced. The Department of Education is a full-fledged one with a full time UGC post and in addition staffed by 2 part-time teachers presently. Usually, the Department holds seminars with the whole-hearted cooperation of teachers and students. Assignments on topics textual and otherwise have been completed by the honours students under the guidance of the Departmental teachers. Remedial classes besides regular ones are held for the students in necessary papers to ensure better understanding of the subject.

Program outcomes

P.O. I: The purpose of the program is to guide the students and researchers to analyze the ideas of rights, justice and freedom.
P.O. II: The program gives the students an insight into the different governmental processes in India and assists them in a better understanding of Indian politics.
P.O. III: Understanding Indian Tradition and Culture: This course will let the students to understand the basic roots, heritage and tradition of Indian culture.
P.O. IV: Development of Social Awareness: Another outcome of this course is to develop them socially aware.
P.S.O. I: Reasoning Power: Logic will develop the reasoning power of the students.
P.S.O. II: Skill Enhancement: The course will enhance the student’s skill on the various social issues, in the field of argumentation.
P.S.O.III:Balanced Personality: This course will teach the students to be balanced in all respects.

Infrastructure

The department has its own library containing books related to the subject matter taught in the Department in addition to a Central Library in the College.

Academic Activities

The Department organizes invited lectures on topics from the syllabus. Besides classroom teaching, teachers impart lessons through audio-visual aid and conducting educational fours.

Type of Activity (Ex: Invited talk / students’ seminar, etc.)	Name/ Theme of the activity	Date	Resource person/s
Parent Teacher Meeting for 1st year (Hons) students	-	03.09.2016	-
Inter-Disciplinary class with the Department of Economics for 3rd year (HONS) students	Organization of Data	10.09.2016	Smt. Bratati Dasgupta
Educational Excursion to Dupleix Museum at Chandannagore (Organized by Arts Faculty)	-	16.12.2016	-

Our department organised Inter-disciplinary classes for students belonging to 4th semester. Dr Angana Dutta of Sociology dept. was invited to deliver lecture on Inclusive Education in accordance with CBCS Syllabus of Unit 3 , Paper-CC4/GE4.

Extension Activities

There are regular and active members of NSS unit of our College from the Department. They actively participated in the Special Camp organized by the NSS unit at the College Campus which took place in January 2017.
Krishangini Das of 1st year participated in Poush Utsav held on 31st December, 2016 under NSS organized by the Government of West Bengal.
Krishangini Das also participated in the dance programme of Basanta Utsav organized by the Co-Curricular Committee of our College.

Faculties

Student Achievements

Educational Excursion- Visited West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Budget Session) and Kolkata High Court with the students of Department of Political Science on 25th February 2015. Educational Excursion- College has organized an educational tour to Bandel Church and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house on December, 2017.

Course	Year	Percentage
Education (Hons.)	2019	80.89%
Education (Hons.)	2020	100%
Education (Hons.)	2021	94.44%
Education (Hons.)	2022	92%

Future Plans

The future prospect of Our Department is to organize inter-disciplinary classes, workshops and students’ seminar on various topics selected from the syllabus.