Strengths/Weakness/Opportunity/Challenges
Strength
- Located at the heart of Central Kolkata and nearest the University of Calcutta. Besides easily accessible by two Rly. Sta. Howrah (SE Railways) and Sealdah Rly. Sta. (Eastern Rly).
- Eager and Responsive mindset of the students in attaining professional guidance to achieve higher goals.
- Amiable and beneficent approach of the administration, faculty members and the non-teaching staff towards students.
- Ideal atmosphere of inclusiveness, tolerance and togetherness, enhancing the unity, integrity and co-operation amidst diversity.
- Complete dedication of the highly qualified faculty to the cause of the institution.
- Well-furnished library updated regularly with latest books and journals.
- Existence of second campus at Salt Lake.
- Modern IT laboratories in both campuses.
- Liberal environment of the institution, encouraging free flow of precious ideas and mutuality in interaction.
- Good academic atmosphere in both campuses.
- Collective endeavour of the employees to ameliorate the repute of the institution.
- Installation of generator at the Salt Lake campus.
Weakness
- Oldest commerce college (main campus) situated at a congested residential area.
- No scope for lateral expansion of the college building in the main campus due to its heritage status, inspite of ever increasing number of students.
- The property i.e. the building is shared by other to institutions and is owned by city college school.
- Lack of sufficient Govt./ Other Funds.
- Regulatory constraints in offering need-based and interdisciplinary courses.
- Paucity of employed Human Resource in case of teaching and non-teaching staff.
- Duration of class hour is short as two other institutions share the main campus.
- Inadequate hostel accommodation for students in the City College mess, college row.
- No physical instructor.
- No hostel accommodation for Girls students though the Extended Campus is a Co-ed Campus.
- No Gymnasium though the college has a good reputation in Sports & Games.
Opportunity
- Students can avail proper guidance, support and encouragement to be a responsible prudent citizen.
- Students go through motivational and professional mentorship to attain higher academic goal.
- Inclusive form of education, essential for holistic development of students is provided.
- A dynamic placement cell.
- Conduction of various sports activities trains students to be vibrant and encourage interested candidates to opt for sports related career.
- Social awareness among students through socio-cultural and NSS programmes.
- Various cultural activities to encourage students to go for a career related to Arts and Culture.
- Scope for extension of building at second campus and opening of other streams.
Challenge
- To solve the problem of space in the main campus.
- To increase human resource i.e. teaching and non-teaching employees.
- To initiate need-based and interdisciplinary courses.
- To strengthen the institution’s effort in career counselling and placement of students.
- To organise more cultural and sports activities for inculcating cultural and sports values into students.
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