Walk With a Scholar (WWS) scheme proposes to arrange specialized mentoring programs for students in Under Graduate Programs in Arts, Science and Commerce and to provide guidance for their future. The scheme introduces the idea of mentoring and builds on the concept of mentor as a 'Guide' and 'Friend'. It has been observed that the students in Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges do not get necessary orientation to prepare them for employment or guidance necessary to select areas for higher study. The mentoring scheme for students will be purely voluntary in nature. It will be open for all students entering the first year of the Under Graduate Programme of Study.
The Scheme aims at giving necessary orientation to needy students, to prepare them for employment and give them necessary guidance, motivation and necessary mental support to identify appropriate areas for higher study as well as employment. The mentoring scheme should be planned to identify the opportunities available for the scholars, the areas suitable for them, the manner in which the scholar should proceed before them and evolve ways by which they can be acquired.
Coordinator : Smt Jayanthy K C [DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE]
Guidelines for WWS Preliminary Steps- Preparation
- The College Council should identify a College level Coordinator for the WWS Scheme from the faculty of the college. Preference can be given to faculty who have worked as placement officers or coordinators of career guidance unit in the college
- The College Council should identify a College level Coordinator for the WWS Scheme from the faculty of the college. Preference can be given to faculty who have worked as placement officers or coordinators of career guidance unit in the college
- The scheme should be discussed by the College Council and amongst the faculty members
- The College Council should act as a Monitoring Committee for the implementation of the Programme and the Coordinator should function in consultation with the Principal and the College Council
Student Selection:
- Students (Scholars) of first year Degree Programme alone are to be included in the Scheme
- The students of First Year UG Programme should be made aware of the Programme, for which, a meeting of the first year UG students may be convened at the college level and the scheme and objective explained to them
- Applications should be invited from willing candidates for enrolment
- Students selected for the Programme should have secured at least 60% marks At the Higher Secondary/Plus Two level. This stipulation of minimum marks is not applicable for SC/ST students
- The number of students identified under WWS Scheme, should not exceed 30.
Implementing the Scheme:
- Students selected under the Programme will be paired to two mentors. An Internal Mentor and an External Mentor. As far as possible, women external mentors should be allotted to girl scholars
- A college should identify 100 hours in an academic year (20 hours per Internal Mentor for 5 Mentors) for Internal Mentoring
- A college should identify 30 hours (5 sessions (hours) per External mentor for 6 External Mentors) in an academic year for External Mentoring
- The schedule for the mentoring may be decided at the Institutional level and intimated to the Director of Collegiate Education. Proper records related to the attendance of students and mentors may be maintained.
- The progress of the Scholar must be evaluated at regular intervals by the Internal and External Mentors and necessary corrective measures taken to meet the desired objectives
