The teacher Guardian Scheme (TGS) is introduced to assist students with their learning difficulties and to monitor their academic performance regularly. For a batch of about Fifteen to twenty-five students, a teacher is assigned the role of Teacher – Guardian (TG). Teacher – Guardian works as a friend, philosopher, and mentor for these students. This scheme is to provide a conducive environment to the students takes some burden off the parents and lessens their anxiety. The students are free to contact the Teacher – Guardian for any kind of problems at any time during college hours. Students may also contact Teacher–Guardian through mobile after college hours.
The objectives of the scheme are:
- To acclimatize the new students to campus life in VBKCOE
- To provide academic counseling
- To enlighten the students on professional ethics and conduct
- To ease the trauma of transfer to a new place
- To communicate with the ward’s parents
- Providing emotional support to students on an individual basis.
- Helping students overcome homesickness.
- Establishing rapport between teachers, students & parents.
- Monitoring attendance and behavioral aspects of every student.
- Identifying weak areas and working out remedies helps students thereby taking their complete care.
Highlights of the Scheme:
- One teacher is nominated as ‘Teacher Guardian’ for about Fifteen to twenty-five students.
- Teacher Guardian maintains all records of students in the formats provided.
- The teacher’s Guardian does all the follow-up regarding the attendance of students under his supervision.
- Teacher guardian monitors the academic performance of students.
- If the student remains absent for a continuous week, then the teacher’s guardian sends a note to all concerned teachers to stop the practical of that student.
- The teacher’s guardian sends letters regarding performance and attendance to parents every month.
- Poor performance of students is improved by way of counseling. If required teacher’s guardian calls the parents on the phone based on weekly monitoring.
- The teacher’s guardian does counseling about studies.
- Teacher guardian tries to solve the domestic problems of students.
- In consultation with the In charge HOD and subject teachers, the teacher guardian may assign relevant homework to students for their improvement.
Types of mentoring:
Professional guidance/career advancement/course work specific/laboratory specific/total development
The procedure of the Mentoring System:
- An effective student mentoring system (SMS) has already been implemented in our college.
- All student of college are covered this under system from the first day of college.
- A mentoring register is distributed to all the staffs of the college .Each staff is allocated 02-25 students under mentoring system.
- Faculties meet the student periodically and their academic progress and all his activity are discussed and noted in the register.
- Any discrepancies in the student’s behavior like attendance etc. are question and counseled with care.
- Staff submits the register to the HOD.
Teacher Guardian Scheme Committee
| Sr. No. | Guardian Name | Designation |
| 1 | Dr. A. W. Kharche | Chairman |
| 2 | Prof. R. B. Mole | Convener |
| 3 | Prof. M. D. Patil | Member |
| 4 | Pof. M. U. Karande | Member |
| 5 | Prof. D. P. Kharat | Member |
| 6 | Prof.Y. P. Sushir | Member |