SWOC

SWOC

SWOC – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Challenges

STRENGTHS

The Government Law College, Dholpur is one of the oldest leading institutions of Rajasthan having immense potential for teaching, learning and research.

❖ Experienced, dedicated faculty, recruited by State Public Service Commission, as per UGC norms.

❖ Adequate eco-friendly physical infrastructure in the institution to nurture scholarly pursuits of many students a considerable number of whom are from rural background of Ajmer and other neighbouring districts.

❖ Systematised accompaniment of mentoring and counselling by competent faculty to facilitate active participation and inculcate a value system among the students.

❖ Round the clock CCTV surveillance of the campus premises.

❖ Efforts on institutional and personal level to reduce the ‘Carbon-footprint’ by

incorporating contemporary technologybased lights, gadgets etc. along with the

traditional eco-friendly measures.

❖ Various institutional practices reflect the policy of decentralisation and participative management prevalent in the Institute.

❖ Involvement of the faculty in college for executing student and institute related activities through various committees.

❖ State-of-the-art facilities for teaching, learning, sports, students, recreation, etc.

❖ Technology enabled campus with 24 X 7 Wi-Fi and internet facilities for the staff and students.

❖ Availability and regular usage of contemporary ICT to enhance teaching learning experience in the institution.

❖ LAN connections are available on the campus for the access of students and teachers for academic activities.

❖ Extensive incorporation of e-governance to promote less-paper and paperless systems in the institution.

❖ Enough provision of Student-centric, experiential learning by adopting relevant pedagogies, field surveys, educational tours, etc.

❖ An atmosphere for holistic development of the student by maintaining a balance between curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. This is quite evident by the participation and awards won by the students at national and state level.

❖ Well organised smooth system for facilitating the apportionment of various State and Central Government Scholarships to the rightful beneficiaries.

❖ The availability of more than 4000 books and facility to e-books, periodicals, e- journals and e-resources along with OPACsystem in the library  which is considered to be the major strength of the institution.

❖ Pre-exposure of the students to various skills and imminent first-hand experience bymeans of various skill development programs.

❖ Ademocraticallyelectedstudentbody‘TheStudentsUnion’tobestrepresenttheaspirations of the studentson various platforms.

❖ Availability of platforms to take part in various government led community serviceactivities & programmes, with the aim is to provide hands-on experience to young students in delivering community service. The institute is committed to its social responsibility by organising blood donation camps and adopting a few villages for hygiene awareness and promoting vigilance for various social-schemes promulgated by the Governmentthrough NSS Camps, NCC drives etc.

❖ Regular involvement of Alumni and other stakeholders who provide constructive suggestions for the infrastructural development, improvement in the teaching learning environment, the library facilities, games and sports facilities, strengthening of industry institution relationship etc.of having open access.

 

WEAKNESSES

Despite the abundance of strength in the institution,there are a few avenues of inability to match up with the dynamic situation and rapid change. Technological backwardness, inadequate systems or processes, slow deliveries, or shortage of resources are the major hiccups.

The institute has some weakness on the part of implementation of plans, delay in decision making, maintenance and repair of the building, maintenance of the instruments and equipment, upgrading and revision of syllabus according to the job profiles of the economy etc. But all these weaknesses of the institution are basically due to the delay in approval, sanctioning and allocation of funds at the state administration and university level. Following is the enumeration of the key avenues that need to be catered to:

● Lack of autonomy.

● Introduction of vocational courses and professional courses.

  Frequent deputations and transfers of the faculties to the other institutions.

● Short tenure and frequent change of the Head of the Institution.

● Technological backwardness: Modification and up-gradation of all classrooms into

smart-class in proportion with the multifarious faculty, students and the programmes.

● Non availability of technical support staff to handle or maintain the playgrounds,

gymnasium machines and apparatus, maintenance of the moot court, computer labs and computer attached machines.

● Lack of Financial Resources – Reductions in state funding; the necessity to update

programs and services; and rising fixed costs contribute to the lack of available

financial resources.

● Lack of systemic mechanism for monitoring student progression.

● Limited industry collaboration.

● Paucity of consultancy and exchange programs.

● Insufficient incubation and startups.

 

OPPORTUNITIES

The ability to profit by higher education is spread among all classes of people. There are great reserves of untapped ability in society. Being a government institute providing education at affordable -cost, with proficiency, we have an opportunity for working up on novice scholars who are out in the world with an aim to get educated. The envisioned opportunities for the institute includes:

The ability to profit by higher education is spread among all classes of people. There are great reserves of untapped ability in society. Being a government institute providing education at affordable -cost,with proficiency, we have an opportunity for working up on novice scholars who are out in the world with an aim to get educated. The envisioned opportunities for the institute include:

● Strengthening the two-way connection between the institution and the community for making the education more comprehensive and all-encompassing.

● Exposing the students to online distance learning and access to online content.

 

CHALLENGES

The major challenges for our institution include:

● Endeavouring for the holistic development of youth, a significant number of which are from rural background of Dholpur and the neighbouring districts and are the first-generation learners.

● Monitoring learning outcome and planning accordingly for individual level mentoring and adaptive student learning.

 

● Setting platform for brain-based adaptive learning with the aim of the holistic development i.e., a balance between curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular learning is the need of the hour.

● Improvisation in pedagogical use of ICT enabled teaching–learning which has to be balanced with the traditional tutoring techniques

● Generating core self-learning, facilitative-learning environment and learning management system for upsizing gross enrolment ratio is another challenge.

● Since appointments and placement of Teaching and Non-teaching staff are as per Government procedures and policies, the Institute has to regularly cope with the shortage of staff. The faculty and supporting staff has to make all efforts in the prevailing scenario to make ends meet, to impart quality educational environment in the institute.

● In a Government Institution the funds required for the basic housekeeping governance are always sufficient but in view of the galactic infrastructure inherited by this prestigious institution, raising funds for the regular maintenance and sustenance of various activities in the institute, is a herculean task.

● Despite having well qualified faculty, with an academic fervour and inclination towards research, the paucity of grants and funds is a challenge for progression in the arena. Opportunities to harness the potentialities of research, experience and research achievements are meagre. Collaboration with research centres and institutes for the purpose is an issue to be worked upon.

● Non availability of vocational and professional courses in the institution affects the placement activities of the institution. Various skill enhancement programs along with NSS, NCC, YDC, Women Cell and other extra co-curricular activities of the institution provides platforms for grooming the students to be competitive, interactive and creative to facilitate their future placements.