Student Mentoring
Students mentoring is an important regular activity in the college which is aimed at encouraging and nurturing students to excel in academics and to help them for their overall development. This activity provides support and guidance for academic.Each faculty mentor is allotted 20-25 students and the mentor arranges minimum three mentoring sessions in each semester i.e Monthly mentoring Session, Before the Exam, After Announcement of Results.
Purpose of Mentoring
Purpose of Mentoring
- To understand students learning an ability in academics.
- To help the student work out a plan for solving their difficulties.
- To help the student know their interests, abilities and available opportunities.
- To encourage special talents and develop the right
Student Mentoring Process in AIMS
- The mentor collects all the details pertaining to the students and keeps a record of attendance of all the courses of the mentoring group. The report comprises of theory attendance, practical attendance, IA Marks. Parents can contact the mentor at any time. The mentors will arrange a meeting with parents whenever they find any issues such as the attendance is excessively low or poor performance in the examinations etc. Head of the Departments takes necessary actions for the suggestions/issues raised during the mentoring sessions.
- While interacting with the students during the mentoring session, their grievances are collected; suggestions are provided by the mentor regarding their grievances. All these details are uploaded in AIMS for that particular student who is being mentored.
- In AIMS, at the time of mentoring, the faculty can view the attendance details and IA performance are reflected, seeing which the mentor provides suggestion or guidance based on their performance.
- Overall Student progress record of a student is depicted in AIMS which can be used to provide suitable suggestions.
- The allotted students to be continued under the same faculty for mentoring until the student’s completion of the program.
- A mentor of a particular group takes care of the overall development of the students allotted to them from 2nd year till the graduation.
- Students are encouraged to express their views and suggestions for academic and other infrastructural improvements in the college. Head of the Departments takes necessary actions to implement their valid suggestions.
Other concerns that are discussed at the time of Mentoring are as follows:
- ACADEMIC PRESSURES (Lack of Concentration and Motivation for Studies, Underachievement, Backlogs, Exam Stress, Unhealthy Competition)
- LONELINESS AND HOMESICKNESS
- PEER PRESSURE
- PROCRASTINATION
- LOW CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM
