Procedures and policies for maintaining and utilizing physical, academic and support facilities- laboratory, library, sports complex, computers and classrooms etc:
Mathabhanga College (Coochbehar) has a set of established procedures and policies for maintaining and utilizing physical, academic and support facilities - laboratory, library, sports facilities, computers, classrooms etc.
Maintenance of library:
For maintenances of library infra-structure and facilities, the library committee and administration have been given the responsibility to purchase, procure books, E-Journals and other materials, as per the recommendations received from the departments of the colleges. For enriching of the library, the committee procures some good publications from national and international publishers. Students able to take books by showing library cards during office hours and Teachers has the facilities to read, borrow the books from library. We have offline library maintenance software and have a proposal for complete digitization of library in coming years.
Maintenance of the laboratory:
The laboratory equipments and the necessary chemicals are purchased by the office of the principal and purchase committee as per the requirements of the teaching departments of the college. The Science students of the college are taught and trained about the use and maintenance of laboratory items.
Maintenance of the sport facilities:
Sports Committee takes the responsibilities of the maintenances of the sport facilities. The necessary goods and sports articles are purchased by the office of the principal as per the recommendations of the sports committee and the suggestion of the students of the college. The college authority purchases them by calling quotations from the reputed sport outlets. Periodically necessary steps have taken by the authority to develop the sport activities of the students. Every year’s number of events taken place in our college campus playground. Some of the sports items are kept in boys’/girls’ common rooms/ IQAC room and given out for use of students under the monitoring of the Sports Committee Convener. Students with excellence and achievements are supported financially to the extent possible.
Maintenance of Computers and IT facilities:
The office of the principal decides about purchasing necessary IT equipments as per recommendations received from the departments of the colleges and the administrative office of the college. IT facilities are maintained by computer skilled personnel of the college and they also take the responsibilities of periodic up-gradations of the IT resources. The IT facilities are taken stock of by the administrations and they are modified or changed whenever necessary. There is a Computer management and IT maintenance cell in the college which looks after the maintenance of the computers and facilities. Few part-time employees are also entrusted with use and maintenance of these facilities.
Classroom facilities:
The maintenance of classrooms is a regular exercise. The cleanliness of classrooms is ensured by a group of Part-time workers and sweepers. After the admission process in every semester it is ensured that all the classrooms have adequate desks, benches. The fans and electrical appliances are checked wherever requirements are found the purchase committee are appraised of the requirements. The purchase committee makes the purchases after approval from the Principal. There are three projectors one in smart classrooms and rest are moving projectors.
Student support and welfare:
In the college campus, there is a good environment for the benefit and welfare of the students. Various sub committees are in the college to support services, student welfare and to meet their needs. The principal (teacher in charge) is the chairperson of all sub committees. There is a canteen which provides the healthy and hygienic food for the students as well as the other members of the college. We have a proposal to revamp canteen in near future
The hostel sub- committee looks after the hostel facilities for the borders in the college campus. The hostel management committee ascertains smooth administrative functioning of the hostels as well as tries to maintain a homely environment for its borders.
College authority is campaigning on some health-related aspects like alcoholism, consumption of tobacco and its affects among the students etc.
Internal Complaint Cell, Anti Ragging Cell, Grievance Redressal Cell also formed for the welfare of the students. They have always communicated and discuss with the students about their problem. SC, ST Cell, Minority Cell and OBC cell takes care about the welfare of reserved category students of our college.
IQAC in collaboration with college authority conduct Yoga sessions for students which is a good step for stress management also. In college campus sitting arrangement are constructed for the students. The campus has many dustbins as healthy practices of Sachhata or cleanliness. The NSS unit maintains the social services within the campus and outside it.
College Website, Official Face Book page are used for any urgent notification to the students. The authority and the respective departments have made observations of National and State level occasions, so that the students of the college can participate, directly or indirectly, in the process of peace and harmony, unity and development of the Nation.
Academic Support:
The college is affiliated to Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, Coochbehar. The college has an elaborate academic support mechanism. All the departments follow the syllabus of Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University for the U.G. Level. An examination committee is appointed by the authority for semester examination and they are engaged in smooth conduction of examination,
The authority engaged many part time and guest lecturers in addition to the regular teachers for the benefit of the students.
In the admission process the college has followed the Constitutional provisions of reservation as well as rule of the State Government. The students are provided the syllabus, question papers of previous years in the website
