IQAC

The college has a duly appointed IQAC and NAAC steering Committee working tirelessly to get Accreditation from NAAC in the next few years. IQAC headed by Shri Tejan A Momin, Coordinator & Head, Department of Physics is embarked on a path of Quality Initiatives, Quality Sustenance and Quality Enhancement in the college. The college is affiliated to North Eastern Hill University, Shillong since 1958 and is recognized under sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act 1956. The NAAC steering Committee created for this purpose and the various Convenors of the different criterion are working hard to prepare the Self-Study Report (SSR) of the institution and submit to NAAC office Bangalore for assessment and accreditation. As a result NAAC accreditation was achieved by the College on 28 June 2022.

Some important decsions of IQAC, Tura Government College is as follows. In the IQAC meeting held on April 2016, a decision was taken for all the departments to conduct regular departmental meetings. The minutes of the meetings are recorded and kept for future reference and to ensure transparency. In these meetings important decisions are taken and plans are chalked out for different activities concerning the department. Allotment of classes, departmental routine, internal tests, assignments and various grievances of the students are discussed in order to find a solution. The discussions and resolutions taken in the departmental meetings are usually conveyed by the Head of the Department to the Academic Council. Not only this, but decisions on maintenance of Teaching Plan of faculty, feedback of the different stakeholders like Teachers, Students and Alumni are also some important actions of IQAC decisions.Maintenance of progression of students, placement records etc. are also some other decisions of IQAC.

The institution strategic plan is evident from the role of IQAC in the context of NAAC assessment. There are policies pertaining to the Science, Arts, Geography, IT departments in which each department make a perspective plan to be implemented and followed by the teachers and students. The college also follows the policies adopted by the State Government.

The college constituted the IQAC in the year 2011 with the aim of improving the quality assurance and enhancement in the institution, as well as reviewing different aspects including teaching-learning. It is responsible for planning, guiding and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) in the college. Apart from the coordinator the IQAC also include members who meet regularly to assess the system, thus fulfilling the NAAC guidelines. For a better teacher-student interaction, the college maintain an Attendance Register for both teachers and students, which are frequently reviewed by the IQAC Through the IQAC, the college has spearheaded cleanliness campaigns and conducive environment for quality teaching and learning. Some incremental improvements of IQAC for the preceding five years with regard to quality enhancement can be listed as follows:

1. Implementation of CIE system
2. Feedback from stakeholders viz, students and teachers
3. Mentor-Mentee
4. Implementation of ICT,
5. Implementation of e-governance.
6. Student Induction Programme was organised for the first time under the initiative of IQAC.

The IQAC also has plans to initiate Graduation day from the next Academic Session.

Another milestone achievement is accreditation by NAAC with CGPA 2.53 and graded B+ in June 2022 and successful submission of AQAR for the years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has contributed significantly for institutionalizing the quality assurance strategies and processes in the college. Some major contributions are:-

1. Maintenance of Teachers Attendance
2. Regular departmental Meetings
3. Preparation of Lesson Plans
4. Departmental Daily Reports
5. Mentoring of Students

During the current academic year major contributions of IQAC is as follows:

1. Submission of AQAR for 2021-2022. Submitted on 08/12/2022 and accepted by NAAC on 07/03/2023
2. Submission of AQAR for 2022-2023. Submitted on 23/12/2023 and accepted by NAAC on 08/02/2024
3. Preparation of AQAR for 2023-2024. To be submitted by December 2024.
4. Student Induction Programme Organised on 19th July 2023 for the 1st time in the college.
5. Awareness programme on CUET organised on 4th August 2023
6. 65th Foundation Day of the College was celebrated on 9th September 2023.