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The
department of Zoology
was established in 1982
and +3 wing has been
opened in 1994. Since
then the department is
running smoothly with
two faculty members.
Both are qualified with
M.Sc and M.Phil degree
and are competent.
The department has Seventy seven
students having Zoology
either as Pass or
Elective subject of
which 47 students have
opted the subject as
Pass and 21 as Minor
Elective and 09 as Major
Elective.
Most of the students
of the department are
from rural background.
One computer ,
two well furnished
laboratories and other
resources like overhead
projector are available
to the students. Text
and reference books are
available in the central
library of the college
and the total number of
books are 443 (four
hundred and forty
three).
Overhead
projector and computer
are used to give the
students a proper
understanding of the
subject.
One of the
faculty members has
attended one Orientation
Programme in June’2004
held by Academic Staff
College, Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry.
The teachers assess the
students by conducting
unit tests. Also
remedial classes are
held to enable the
students to understand
the topic in a better
way.
There is no Honours
teaching facility in the
department. Opening of
Honours course in the
subject is under active
consideration of the
institution.
In
addition to the existing
work load the department
runs the Vocational
subject Industrial Fish
and Fisheries. The
department co-ordinates
to arrange Part time/
Guest lecturers
specialized in the field
for taking classes in
the subject. |