TURA:
The oldest college in Garo Hills-Tura Government College has been accredited by NAAC on Tuesday bringing jubiliation to students and teachers.
The Tura Government College or TGC was assessed and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Bangalore on Tuesday in its 112nd Standing Committee meeting of NAAC.
The College has obtained a grade of B+ with CGPA score of 2.53 in its 1st cycle.
“It is indeed a proud moment and historic occasion for Tura Government College in its 64 years ofexistence,” said Principal of TGC Terence D Marak.
The Self Study Report (SSR) was submitted to NAAC on 17th February 2022 and culminated with the visit of Peer Team to the College on June 21 and 22.
A three-member team comprising of Prof. Dharmarajan P K, Former Vice-Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala as Chairperson, Prof. Pravin Kar, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Orissa as Member Coordinator and Dr. Radhika Nayak, Principal, DCTs S.S Dempo College of Commerce & Economics as member assessed the college for the qualitative aspects(QIM) which comprises of 30% of the SSR, while 70% of the SSR comprising of quantitative aspects(QnM) is verified by Data Validation & Verification (DVV) process of NAAC.
“The college is deeply indebted to Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA Meghalaya) for the help rendered to the college in every possible way for achieving accreditation from NAAC. The college would also like to give appreciation to Dr. Samuel R Lyndem, Resource Consultant, RUSA Meghalaya for the tremendous help in the preparation of the SSR and for all the guidance leading to Peer Team Visit,” said Principal Marak.
The administration would also like to thank all the stakeholders – students, parents and alumni for actively taking part in the peer team visit not to forget the whole hearted participation of the faculty – both Permanent and part-time and non-teaching staff for being behind the college all the time, a statement from the college mentioned.
“I would also like to thank the Deputy Commissioner, West Garo Hills and Chairman, Tura Government College Advisory Committee and all the members for being wholeheartedly behind the accreditation process,” said the principal in his appreciation message while also expressing gratitude to chief minister Conrad K Sangma and the state government for its support.