COMPUTER CERTIFICATE COURSE

1. OBJECTIVES OF THE PRACTICE :

WITH THE ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY, IT HAS BECOME ESSENTIAL TO MAKE STUDENTS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH COMPUTER TEACHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION. THE COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY THE COLLEGE AIMS AT TRAINING THE STUDENTS AT VARIOUS SKILLS RELATED TO COMPUTER WHICH THEY WILL NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONALITIES OF COMPUTER. IT WILL ALSO HELP THE STUDENTS IN PURSUING ADVANCED EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPING AND MAKE THE STUDENTS AWARE OF THE CAPABILITY AS WELL AS THE LIMITATIONS OF COMPUTERS. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, ALL POSSIBLE EFFORTS WERE MADE TO DEMONSTRATE THE ADVANTAGES OF USING COMPUTERS TO SOLVE VARIOUS PROBLEMS AND HELP THEM ADAPT TO THE CHANGING SOCIETY WHERE A WIDESPREAD UTILIZATION OF COMPUTERS CAN BE SEEN.

 

 

1. THE CONTEXT :

STUDENTS FROM RURAL INDIA NORMALLY LACK ACCESS TO ADVANCED LEARNING TOOLS, SUCH AS COMUTER EDUCATION, DIGITAL LEARNING, ETC. THE COLLEGE BEING LOCATED AT A RURAL AREA, WHICH IS NOT VERY ADVANCED AT COMPUTER SKILLS AND APPLICATION DUE TO LACK OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT HOMES, THE STUDENTS HAD TO FACE MANY CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO USING ONE. THERE WAS LOW LEVEL OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR THESE STUDENTS WHICH IN LATER STAGES OF THEIR CAREER PROVED TO BE REALLY CHALLENGING AS THEY MANY A TIMES WERE NOT ABLE TO

 

MATCH UP TO THE SKILLS OF PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN THE CITIES, WHO WERE AU FAIT WITH TECHNOLOGY. HENCE, THE COLLEGE DECIDED TO BEGIN A COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR ITS STUDENTS SO AS TO MAKE THEM WELL ACQUAINTED WITH COMPUTER APPLICATION AND TRAIN THEM TO FACE CHALLENGES THEY MIGHT FACE IN THE FUTURE RELATED TO IT. THE COURSE WAS DESIGNED BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT COVERS FROM BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION KNOWLEDGE TO USING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, LIKE MICROSOFT OFFICE. THE COURSE INCLUDED C PROGRAMMING AS WELL.

 

 

1. THE PRACTICE :

THE COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM WAS STARTED WITH AN AIM TO MAKE THE STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTION UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF COMPUTER EDUCATION AND MAKE THEM LEARN ABOUT ITS VARIOUS APPLICATION BECAUSE THE INSTITUTE BELIEVED AWARENESS IS CENTRAL TO LEARNING THAT LASTS. IT NOT ONLY BENEFITTED THE STUDENTS BUT, THE FACULTY MEMBERS WERE ALSO GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE THEIR SKILLS AND IT HELPED THEM TO BETTER THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL GROWTH AS WELL. THE COURSE WAS DESIGNED BY EXPERTS AND IT WAS CIRCULATED AMONGST THE STUDENTS IN DETAIL SO THAT THOSE INTERESTED KNEW WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR. AFTER THE STUDENTS WENT THROUGH THE ADMISSION PROCESS, THEY WERE GIVEN THEORY AS WELL AS PRACTICAL CLASSES BY THE ASSIGNED FACULTY MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE. FORTY HOURS OF CLASSES WERE TAKEN. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS HAD TO GIVE AN EXAMINATION COVERING THE SYLLABUS IN THE PROGRAM SO AS TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ PROGRESS AND IF, ANY STUDENT WAS FOUND HAVING ANY PROBLEM IN UNDERSTANDING ANYTHING RELATED TO THE COURSE, DOUBT CLEARING CLASSES WERE PROVIDED.

 

 

IN TODAY’S GENERATION, KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTER HAS BECOME A VALUABLE SKILL. IT INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS AS SAVES A LOT OF TIME. MOREOVER, AFTER THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE STUDENTS ARE GIVEN CERTIFICATES

 

WHICH GIVES THEM CERTIFICATION TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS ON THE COMPUTER. COMPUTER TAINING CERTIFICATION HAS BECOME A REQUIREMENT FOR MANY JOB SEEKERS. UNDER THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE, STUDENTS ARE TRAINED TO USE MICROSOFT PAINT, EDIT TEXTS IN MICROSOFT NOTEPAD, USE MICROSOFT OFFICE AND BASIC OF“C” PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.

 

 

THE COURSE HAD ITS LIMITATIONS. AS THE STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTION WERE NOT VERY ACQUAINTED WITH THE BASICS SO, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE MUCH ADVANCED LEVEL COURSE FOR THE COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. DUE TO LACK OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED STUDENTS’ HOMES, IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY LEARNT IN THE CLASS AT THEIR HOMES. THE COLLEGE LACKED IN FUND TO AFFORD MORE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS FOR THE REGISTERED STUDENTS TO GET THEMSELVES DO THE PRACTICAL INDIVIDUALLY. BUT, THE COLLEGE TRIED THEIR LEVEL BEST TO SORT OUT THE HINDRANCES THAT CAME ITS WAY AND DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE PRACTICE BENEFICIAL TO THE STUDENTS.

 

 

 

 

 

1. EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS :

THE COLLEGE PLANNED TO PROVIDE 40 HOURS OF COMPUTER TRAINING CLASSES TO THE STUDENTS AND IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN THELAST 02, i.e. in the year 2019-20 & 2020-21, ACADEMIC YEARS. THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE BY EXPERIENCED TRAINER. TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENTS AND IF ANY STUDENTS IS FOUND LAGGING BEHIND, IT WAS MADE SURE THAT ITS DOUBTS WERE CLEARED. THE TRAINING HELPED THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CAREER A LOT, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID TIMES WHERE EVERYTHING WAS MADE DIGITALIZED. THEIR KNOWLEDGE DID NOT JUST HELP

 

THEM BUT, ALSO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM WHO WERE IN NEED OF IT AND COULD NOT BE A PART OF THE COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS. IT CREATED A HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE IN THE COLLEGE WHERE STUDENTS LEARNT HOW TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND BENEFITS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM IN NEED. THEREFORE, IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPUTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM CARRIED OUT BY THE COLLEGE WAS SERVED AND A SUCCESS.

 

 

1. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND RESOURCES REQUIRED :

NO EVENT CAN BE A SUCCESS WITHOUT PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN IT. HOW WE OVERCOME AND WHAT WE LEARN FROM THOSE IS WHAT MATTERS IN THE END. THERE WERE FEW OBSTACLES THAT THE MENTORS AND TRAINERS FACED WHILE IMPLEMENTING THE PRACTICE. THE COLLEGE LACKED IN FUND AND IT RESULTED IN SHORTAGE OF DESKTOP COMPUTERS FOR A CLASS OF AROUND 40 STUDENTS. BUT, IT WAS MADE SURE THAT EACH OF THE STUDENT GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE PRACTICALS BY THEMSELVES EVEN IF THEY HAD TO SHARE ONE COMPUTER WITH TWO OF THEIR MATES.

 

 

THE COLLEGE TRIED TO ARRANGE ALL THE RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR THE PROGRAM. A WELL TRAINED LECTURER OF THE COLLEGE WAS APPOINTED TO TEACH THE STUDENTS. COMPUTERS WERE ARRANGED TO THE BEST OF COLLEGE’S CAPABILITY. STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH NECESSARY MATERIALS AND NOTES RELATED TO THE COURSE. AFTER THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE REGISTERED STUDENTS WERE GIVEN CERTIFICATES THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS CAREER.