SFS College Aalo

1. N S S:

The National Service Scheme is a Voluntary Organization of College Students under the UnionMinistry of Human Resource Development to inculcate social consciousness and a sense of responsibility, discipline and dignity of labour among youth. The college unit of the NSS is vibrant with activities and takes up a number of adult education and health education programmes each year and summer camps under the guidance of the Project Officer.

2. WOMEN'S FORUM:

A Women's Forum Unit is active in the college. All the girls of college are members. They shall have periodic meeting with Principal and the coordinator of Forum. They also have an annual seminar.

3. SFSC CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS:

The college encourages the formation of student clubs under the guidance of Teaching Staff. The clubs are Sports and Games, Literary and Cultural, Information clubs and Association for Social Action etc. A staff Member appointed by the principal will guide and monitor each of these.

a) SPORTS & GAMES CLUB: (SAGC)

Games and Sports Club searches, exposes and develops talents in Games and Sports.

b) LITERARY AND CULTURAL CLUB (LACC)

Literary and Cultural club encourages and promotes related activities such as debates, seminars, workshops, singing, dancing, music etc. All English Honours are members of it.

c) INFORMATION CLUB (INC)

Information club collects news and information of the latest events and briefs the students regarding it.

d) ACCOCIATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION (ASA)

ASA focuses on training students in the art of a life of caring, sharing and giving to society and his/her differently abled children. Social Service activities, undertaking public works, visit and free service to hospitals, hospices, old age homes, leprosaria, orphanages, etc. will be encouraged in order to be sensitive to the needs of others in the society. It also creates awareness among the students on socially important sensitive issues and encourages them to respond. All sociology students are members of ASA.

4. COLLEGE WEEK- 'Francis Fiesta'

Every year the College celebrates 'College Wee' known as Francis Fiesta, during which the talents of the students are exposed in co-curricular fields. The whole college is divided into different groups and they compete with each other in almost all the popular competitions in the fields of Arts, Literature, Sports etc. it is an occasion where the students learn to work together and support each other. The high point of the weeklong celebration is the beauty pageant and selection of the 'Mr. and Ms. SFS' every year.

5. ANNUAL DAY:

Annual day is a regular (annual/biannual) feature of SFSC. It is the day of culmination of all the curricular and co-curricular activities. Various prizes, awards etc. are present during the function.

6. FRESHER'S DAY:

In the month of August, the Fresher's Day is celebrated. It is the time the new comers to the College is welcomed, introduced and entertained. It is done with lot of love and interest. The Second Year Students take the lead in organizing the day's programme. The culmination of the day's entertainment saga is the selection of "Mr and Miss Fresher" and crowning them in the public function. The day is organized by keeping in mind that 'Ragging' is a non-bailable offence under the Supreme Court of India order.

7. VALEDICTORY DAY:

At the end of the academic year a day is set apart as valedictory day where the final year students are given a fitting and emotional 'send off' by the entire college under the leadership of the second years.

8. ALUMNI-DAY/SFS-AFA DAY:

Another of the annual feature of SFSC is the coming together of its Alumnus at a convenient date to share their achievements, and joys. The day is proposed to be in the first week of April, close to the 'Mopin' celebration of the 'Galos' as it is the time most of the youth are around the time.

SFSC arranges various ongoing and updating programmes for the various stakeholders of the college. These are conducted by experts in their respective fields. All concerned are expected to attend these programmes and derive the best benefit from them.

1. FOR TEACHERS:

1.1 SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (SDP):

SFSC STAFFS ARE GIVEN A TWO-THREE DAYS Programme at the beginning of the academic year to impart / improve their skills at teaching, relating and developing their personality. They shall attend these programmes without fail and shall keep themselves updated about the latest developments in their fields of subjects and interests.

1.2 SKILL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (SIP):

Further the college proposes to send select faculty members to attend various training programmes and update programmes elsewhere in the country.

2. FOR STUDENTS:

2.1 ORIENTATION PROGRAMME (OP):

Every year, the first year students are given an orientation programme in the beginning of the academic year. These are aimed at streamlining their thoughts and behavior patterns towards their new 'status' as College Students and SFites.

2.2 ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME (EP):

The senior students are also given two-three days of training in various relevant aspects of life like, leadership skills, communication skills, value education, character and personality formation, career guidance etc..

2.23ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME (EP):

A day is annually set apart for training and practicing the skills of prayer, Yoga, Mental Disciplining and Practice of Silence. These are aimed at channelizing the youthful energy towards a holistic personal growth.

SFSC believes in the democratic leadership and participatory achievements. The college gives highest priority to participatory decision making and collective execution of all the decisions by all stakeholders. The objective is rooted in the dictum : 'United we Stand: Divided we Sink'. Towards this end, various cells / councils are constituted. The Principal / and Vice Principal will be the ex-officio President and Treasurer respectively of all the cells / committees / associations. The status of the cells / committees is consultative and none of these shall have any political hues or affiliations. These are constituted towards the achievement of the educational objective of the institution only. Any member resorting to politicking will incur 'latae senteniae expulsion' from the committee / cell or college. The President has the autonomy in constituting or dismissing a committee / cell when it is found not serving the established objective of the institution.

1. STAFF COUNCIL

Every staff member, by virtue of their appointment at SFSC, is a member of this council. They meet a minimum of twice in an academic year. One at the beginning and the other at the end. They elect a staff secretary / coordinator who often serve as their representative. From this body shall be formed a core staff council that consists of the departmental heads, coordinatos of various cells / committees. The whole body/ of the Staff Council alone shall meet as often as required for discussion , evaluation and planning.

2. STUDENT COUNCIL

The Student Council is constituted as follows: the Principal, Vice Principal, nominated staff member, two student representatives from all three years. One student member is nominated by the Principal. Every student council member shall have a minimum attendance percentage of 75% and minimum of 60% of marks in term exams, and shall not have been booked for any offence. Any time a member fall short of 75% attendance requirement / booked for any offence, he / she loses the membership for the year. No canvassing or politicking is allowed for being elected student representative. Detailed rules and regulations will be intimated during the academic session.

3. PARENT PROFESSORS ASSOCIATION (PPA)

PPA meeting/s is an occasion for the parents / guardians to highlight their concerns and suggestions for improvement. All the parents / guardians are expected to attend such meeting, the date of which will be intimated well in advance.

4. INTNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT CELL (IQAC)

SFSC has set up an Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC) as per the norms of the UGC / the University and the directives of the Higher Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh. It strives to ensure the raising of the quality of education in the college. The IQAC has the following members in its council. The Principal, Vice Principal, Two Staff representatives and Three Student representatives (one from each year), The Vice Principal will be the co-ordinator of IQAC.

5. DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

To deal with the various disciplinary concerns of the students, the college has a 'disciplinary Committee' consisting of the following members: The Principal, Vice Principal, two/three representatives from the staff (one male and one female). They deal with any extraordinary disciplinary issues of the college and take a collective decision regarding the matter.

6. GRIEVANCE CELL

The college also has a grievance cell to address the difficulties faced by the student / teacher community. The Cell is constituted in the model of the disciplinary cell.

1. SPOKEN ENGLISH COURSE:

Since its inception in 2007, SFSC arranges a month long free spoken English course for the General Public during the month of June - July. It is being directed towards the benefits of the general and office going population. It is an expression of our responsibility towards the society and is absolutely free. These are conducted by experts from outside in collaboration with our own management staff. So far the response had been very overwhelming. All students are requested to attend this for their benefit.

A. Teacher's training programme:

SFS college intends to organize training programme both for its faculty members and also for the teachers of various schools in Aalo town.

B. ALUMNI BODY : SFS - AFA

SFS Alumni Forum - Aalo is voluntary organization consisting of all the alumnus of SFS College, Aalo. It is known as SFS-AFA. Established on 13th Mary 2010, it consists of all the 'past / former' students of the College. The Forum meets at least once a year under the Chairmanship of the Principal or his delegate. The date shall be mentions in the annual Calendar of the college. The Secretary and President keeps the members informed about the annual meeting and the programmes.

Motto:"Love is only Chatter, Friends are all that matter"

Objectives of the Forum include:

To keep in touch with each other as the members of the Fransalian family.
To assist and support the college authority to serve the local community through educational and social uplifitment.
To serve as link between the general public and the College.
To come together to share the joys and sorrows of achievements/ failures and support each other
To undertake certain socially beneficial activities for the present / former students or general public.

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