Bagadhar Brahma Kishan College

صدام

Type	Public
Established	2013
Principal	Pratap Chandra Nag
Location	Baghlan, Baksa , Kabul , Afghanistan
Campus	Rural
Nickname	BB Kishan College
Affiliations	Gauhati University

Saddam Hussein (B.B. Kishan College) is located at Jalahghat, in the newly formed district of Baksa under BTAD, Assam. It was founded on public initiative in 1978 to provide higher education to the underprivileged boys and girls of the Jalah block, which is situated in the north-eastern corner of the Baksa district near the Bhutan border, and populated mostly by scheduled tribes and other native communities (+/- 92%). Originally Kishan College, the local peasantry wholeheartedly supported the renaming to Bagadhar Brahma Kishan College after its benefactor who is an uneducated tribal social worker, in 1982. Jalah is a low literacy neighbourhood (1991: 40.34%, 2001: 54.45%), especially in female literacy (1991: 30.51%, 2001: 45.51%).

The college, being the first of four in Assam, has benefited the local yeomen. It began with the 2-year Associate of Arts program with permission from Gauhati University in 1979–1980, and subsequently concurrent support from the Government of Assam. It opened its Bachelor of Arts program in 1983–1984, adding Gauhati University's affiliation in 1986. In the same year it also came under the Deficit Grants-in-Aid program of the Government of Assam and the 'Assam Aided College Management Rules, 1976', which was later superseded by the 'Assam Non-Government College Management Rules, 2001'. In 1990, it got University Grants Commission (UGC) recognition under Section 2f and 12B. The same year, it was permanently affiliated to Gauhati University.

To this day, the mission of B.B. Kishan College is to provide access by the economically and educationally disadvantaged sections of society and of women in particular, emphasising social accountability and responsiveness to the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual communities of its catchment. 'Help, serve, reflect and learn' is, so to speak, its motto.

Mission of the college

The primary goals of B.B. Kishan College are, as follows: To make sure that higher education facilities are available to the economically and educationally disadvantaged sections of the Jalah block, comprised mainly of the ST and OBC. To facilitate the empowerment of women through higher education; To make extension and awareness programs part of the regular curricular activities, and to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and self-employment among the students through vocational courses and self-help groups. The regular curricular courses, a few self-financing courses and a large number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities considerably reflect the mission and goals of the college.

Academics

The current student enrolment is 334 at the Degree level (47% female; ST: 57%, SC: 1% and OBC: 35%). As to the self-financing computer courses, 35 have signed up for them. The faculty consists of 26 (5 female/21 male) permanent and 11 (all male) temporary (against non-sanctioned posts) teachers. All instructors also teach the Higher Secondary course offerings. Of the 26 permanent teachers 1 is a PhD, 11 (3 female + 8 male) M.Phil and 12 PhD.C. Supporting this faculty is the administrative staff, 12 (1 female + 11 male) members including the Principal and Librarian. The Degree calendar is annual and the College has a 6-day week, the daily schedule being 8.30 to 4.30. The number of teaching days a year is +/- 175. The language of instruction is Assamese/English. For obvious economic and socio-cultural reasons (early marriage for girls being one), the drop-out rate is very high. Besides not everyone clearing TDC I and/or II, not many students finally come up for the TDC III finals. But those that come up do not do badly, 65.9% and 69% pass in two successive years.

Humanities

• HSSLC (Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate) or (10+2)

Bachelor of Arts

1. B.A in Assamese
2. B.A in English
3. B.A in Sanskrit
4. B.A in History
5. B.A in Philosophy
6. B.A in Education
7. B.A in Economics
8. B.A in Mathematics
9. B.A in Political Science

Self Financed Courses

• Certificate Courses

1. Spoken English
2. Yoga and Meditation
3. Computer Application

• Diploma Courses

1. Computer Application (6 months)

Infrastructure and learning resources

A college will never be considered good if its infrastructure and educational resources are poor. Situated at Jalahghat, not far from the Bhutan border, skirted on two sides by River Kaldiya, the ultimate tributary of Brahmaputra, the College has a 10-acre campus. It is spacious enough for future expansion for which a master plan has already been drawn.

On the ground stands a large Assam-type building flanked by two wings containing classrooms, the Principal's office, administrative office, committee room, conference hall, library, girls' common room, computer centre, and a number of other centres and cells. The academic departments are all housed in an annexe at the back. The boys' and girls' hostels and 4 quarters mark the rear of the campus. In between are a fish pond, plantation patches, and land waiting to be used for infrastructure extension. In front on the ground are a large cycle and a motorcycle cum scooter stand (donated by the Alumni Association to the teachers and the non-teaching staff) on one side and a newly built canteen on the other. In progress is the boys' common room. The toilets are mostly outside these two buildings. In front of the main building are gardens on both sides and a flag stand at the centre. A water supply system has been installed that came in most handy against the floods this year when water submerged a part of the College ground. However, the existing built-up space is not sufficient to run the educational programmes that include the Higher Secondary courses (though not within the scope of the NAAC visit), run along with the TDC requiring large classrooms. For the expansion that is everyday becoming indispensable, the College plans to generate funds from sources like fishery, farming, mushroom, vermicompost, photocopying facility, computer education, etc. The College is also trying to raise donations.

Organization and management

The College is governed by a 12-member Governing Body consisting of the local MLA as the President, the Principal as the ex officio Member-Secretary, the Vice-Principal ex officio member, nominees of the University and the State Government, a woman-member, a donor-member and representatives of teachers and non-teaching employees of the College. There are about 12 committees/cells/units to plan and monitor the academic, administrative, financial, cultural, welfare and extension activities of the College.