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Expression of Interest For Establishing An Education Hub in Sikkim
Expression of Interest For Establishing An Education Hub in Sikkim
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chapter 1 : PREAMBLE
Introduction :
The approach to Higher Education in KEI is fundamentally different. The
differentiating characteristics include education system, approach, research in
education, curriculum etc. keep KEI in a special platform to make a proper
educational environment.
Education is organic, it keeps growing and evolves with time and the human
mind. This is the major reason why education provided in different nations of
the world is different. The principles on which education systems are formed are
different for every nation. However, the aim is similar, i.e. to instil creativity
within the human mind.
Every education system has its pros and cons, in simple words - advantages and
disadvantages. As a developing nation, the Indian education system has been
developed on the pillars that support thorough theoretical knowledge and
prepare the students for some of the toughest competitive exams in the world.
Whereas education system of other developed nations are more flexible allowing
students to pursue varied career opportunities other than the mainstream
options.
It is essential to understand the difference between Indian and foreign education
especially if you are aspiring to make a proper educational environment.
Indian Education System Foreign Education System Our Approach towards
education
Indian education focuses Whereas in foreign countries; KEI inject Live training
more on theory rather they focus more on practical with reputed Sectors
than practical. Indian based learning. And they allow along with career
education system doesn’t creativity in education. oriented practical
allow creativity. sessions in every
semester.
Indian education system Foreign education curriculum Apart from the system,
only emphasizes on contains everything taking from we make a policy to give
studies. There may be no arts to sports along with studies. a scholarship on the basis
room for extracurricular US has arts, sports, music and of merit & curricular
in our education system theatre in syllabus. Australia activities. For the sake of
focuses more on sports; they scholarship benefits,
have cricket, hockey and boxing learners get interest for
in their college curriculum. the same.
Students are admitted Students are admitted according Members of our
into streams which to their field of interest counselling & grooming
have higher pay scale or team are always aware
higher number of jobs them about scope,
prospect, how to utilise &
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bridge chosen stream
with present market and
analysis.
In India, students are In foreign country they impact Digitalisation of
required to memorize knowledge in students through classroom, presentation
facts and figures. practical implementation of beside lecture, polished
Thousands of equations their academic knowledge Academic policy make a
of mathematics, birth feel the entire syllabus as
dates and death dates of an interesting storyline.
freedom fighters, Thus the contents are
chemical reactions and easily being kept in their
hundreds of other things. mind.
We emphasize on
theoretical based studies.
Indian education system In foreign countries; curriculum Various Technical and
teaches old technologies. changes everyday according to professional exhibitions
Education system hasn’t upgradation of technology and based on modern
changed much after requirements of the industry techniques by the
independence. Indian funding and assistances
education system is very of KEI professional helps
bad in adopting latest or education policy to
technologies in make a glorious feat
curriculum. towards mixing latest
technology with syllabus.
Keeping it in our mind we always step forward with innovative learning process
which is well structured. Rarely you’ll see a teacher deviate from what was taught in
last year to what is being taught in this year. This structure provides a great
foundation which is an undeniable truth. Our Academic Policy will make
foundations strong and clear allowing learners to explore their interests more easily
in life because of basics are crystal clear and modern technique oriented. We are
also quite focused when it comes to how college courses are structured and pick a
stream of learning with primary subject with extra and co curricular activities.
No School Bag : Students of KMS School don’t need to carry a bag. Through
systematic and careful planning, we have eliminated the need of carry
anything. Our Advisor team are the pioneers of the “Bagless School” concept.
Multidimensional Learning : Hands on activities help the children develop
real life skills. In addition to the core academics, children also pick up
planning, current affairs, logic and strategy. Novel activities like reading
which improves their reading, speaking and presentation skills – which
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happen to be the most important skills which will be needed in the future.
Our events are one of a kind, and each one focuses on different aspects of
development and growth. Clarity of thought, communication skills,
conclusive ability and confidence greatly increases due to the exposure they
get in the Institute. All these give students an edge above others when they
become part of a larger group as they pass out from our Institution.
Crossover Teaching : While this form of teaching does not include
technology, it is an enriching experience for the student as well as the faculty.
The teacher can link the educational content with the experiences that the
students are having. This teaching is further enhanced and deepened by
adding questions related to the subject. The students can then add to the
classroom discussions through field trip notes, photographic projects and
other group assignments related to the trip.
Teaching through collaboration : Another innovative method of
teaching involves encouraging student collaboration for various projects.
Today, we live in a globalized world and collaboration is an essential life skill
that is important for all careers and enterprises. Today, collaboration as a
form of teaching is gaining acceptance as a powerful teaching tool where
once again the responsibility is on the group of students are the educators
play to the role of guides, mentors, supervisors for the students. It also teaches
students empathy, negotiation skills, teamwork, and problem-solving. Free
exchange of ideas among the group members through discussions and
presentation not only leverages on time and effort but also enhances teaching
and communication skills besides imbibing the virtue of self-study.
Teaching through virtual reality : This is one of the innovative policy typically
for KMS. Virtual Reality technology involves helping students learn through
interactions with a 3D world. For instance, instead of taking the students
through a boring history class, the teachers can use 3D technology to explore
ancient civilizations, travel to distant countries for a class in geography or
even take a trip to outer space during a class on science.
Teaching with cloud computing : Bring technology into the classroom allows
educators to experiment with innovative methods of teaching. The use of
cloud computing is one such method where teachers can save vital classroom
resources such as lesson plans, notes, audio lessons, videos, and assignments
details on the classroom cloud. This can then be accessed by the students from
the comfort of their homes, whenever needed bringing the classroom back to
the students with the click on a mouse. It also ensures that students who have
missed class either for illness or any other reason stay updated at all times. It
eliminates the need for lugging around heavy textbooks and allows students
to learn at a time, place and pace that they are comfortable with.
Flipped Classroom : The Flipped Classroom Model basically
involves encouraging students to prepare for the lesson before class. Thus, the
class becomes a dynamic environment in which students elaborate on what
they have already studied. Students prepare a topic at home so that the class
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the next day can be devoted to answering any questions they have about the
topic. This allows students to go beyond their normal boundaries and explore
their natural curiosity.
Design thinking (case method) : This technique is based on resolving real-life
cases through group analysis, brainstorming, innovation and creative
ideas. Although “Design Thinking” is a structured method, in practice it can
be quite messy as some cases may have no possible solution
Project base learning : Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional
methodology encouraging students to learn by applying knowledge and skills
through an engaging experience. PBL presents opportunities for deeper
learning in-context and for the development of important skills tied to college
and career readiness. We at Kingston use such pedagogies to help our
students internalize and implement their classroom lessons in real life.
Gamification : Learning through the use of games is one of the teaching
methods that has already been explored especially in elementary and
preschool education. By using games, students learn without even
realizing. Therefore, learning through play or ‘Gamification‘ is a learning
technique that can be very effective at any age. It is also a very useful
technique to keep students motivated.
E-learning with various tools : Covid-19 has pushed forcefully the rapid
digitalization process amongst all the education industries. Kingston took this
opportunity to build its competency in the E-learning segment. We as an
organisation helped our Faculties and Professors learn about Instructional
Designing which leads to high-quality academic resources being created by
them for our students. Kingston has implemented various ed-tech tools
including an LMS to facilitate the implementation of E-learning across its
academic units.
Guest lecturer and conference : Eminent Professor of National/International
repute will be invited to the campus for Guest Lecturer before the institute
fraternity. Seminars (National/International) on various relevant themes shall
be organised.
Conference :
Hall
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Outdoor :
Field
Moot court :
Automotive :
Labs
FNB & :
Hospitality
infra
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Workshop :
Library :
with quite
room
Digital :
classroom
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Chapter 2 Our policy :
This pioneering initiative was launched in March 2018, and ever more professionals
are joining as mentors. They are matched to mentees according to the educational
qualifications and work experience of the mentor, and the college course and career
aims of the student.
Through their mentors, students gain confidence, learn about work life and are able
to meet other professionals.
Equal Education Opportunity Policy : The aim of this policy is to enable people to
pursue their educational and vocational goals without impairment by factors
irrelevant to the requirements of their chosen programme of study and/or career.
Student complaint and appeal Policy : KEI takes student complaints and appeals
seriously and is committed to ensuring that there is a responsive and equitable
process designed to resolve issues in a timely and impartial manner and to improve
the institute’s performance.
Assessment and moderation : Assessment is an integral part of the teaching and
learning processes and moderation is a key component of best practice assessment.
The assessment and moderation principles, practices and processes are designed to
ensure accountability and commitment to continuous improvement to teaching and
learning. The Assessment and Moderation policy applies to all staff at KEI that
deliver to learners, including permanent; full-time; part-time; and contracted staff;
Academic Staff Members; Senior Academic Staff Members; Principal Academic Staff
Members and Team Managers. Through the policy KEI will : -
develop assessment procedures for programmes and modules that
reflect the key principles of sound assessment practice of validity,
reliability, authenticity, sufficiency, consistency, fairness and openness;
provide support in assessment design to reinforce KEI’s approach to
teaching and learning and programme and module design, and to
ensure the reciprocal relationship between assessment, learning
outcomes and learning activities are appropriate and well aligned;
guide assessment design to mitigate instances of academic misconduct
promote higher levels of consistency and reliability when making
judgements about student performance.
encourage ongoing professional discussion and reflection about the
validity and reliability of assessment procedures at KEI leading where
necessary to a review of moderation systems/processes.
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ensure that records of all moderation reports are stored and available
for inspection/validation by accrediting bodies at any time.
Factors of assessments :
General assessments
Assessment by Components
Assessment and moderation on core concepts.
Competency based assessment
Examination
Formative Assessments
Review
Test
Departmental meeting : The most common way for people in a department to talk
together is in a department meeting, which is the focus of this section, but there
are other ways as well. Some time can be saved by settling straightforward
matters through e-mail. Conversely, discussing complex issues through email
can waste time.
It's difficult to predict what the issues may be that need collective discussion; it
could be almost anything that is not susceptible to a quick yes or no answer.
Here are some of the issues that tend to come up:
Student feedback and Faculty Performance : All the Units of Kingston Educational
institute regularly conduct online /offline students feedback depending upon
which faculty performance are assessed. Based on the feedback, teachers were
informed about their strengths and weaknesses in a confidential manner. A
uniform opportunity was then provided to these teachers for 3 months to
improve their teaching skills. At the end of the period, again a questionnaire
was administered to both the students and the teachers to assess the
effectiveness of the feedback system.
Evaluation procedure : Our Evaluation Process has its four different aspects namely:
(i) Objectives,
We look after and try to improve the following areas by going through the
Evaluation Process:-
(i) Teaching:
(ii) Curriculum:
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The curricula for UG and PG programmes are designed to be
predominantly classroom-friendly along with some practical-
based/experiential learning through labs and fieldwork. To enthuse
students, additional activities such as workshops, student club activities,
short-term projects, quizzes, etc. are regularly encouraged.
Use of multi-media/AV (Audio-Visual)/ICT (Information and
Communication Technology) based learning techniques
Regular usage of Projectors
Inquiry-based learning through quizzing, MCQs, etc.
Student seminars, webinars and workshops
Periodic evaluation through internal tests
Availability of E-resources
Group Discussions- Group learning-Assignments-Cooperative learning
cycles
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Chapter 3 : PARTICULARS OF INSTITUTION
S. No. Sponsor Information/ details
a. Details of Institution:
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OTHER DETAILS
Name of the Projected : Kingston Education HUB
Name of the approval : UGC, INC, BCI, MAKAUT, CBSE
Department
Name of Institute Kingston Educational Institute
Location (Road, Street Berunanpukuria, P.O. Malikapur,
Name, Locality City, Pin P.S. : Barasat, Dist: North 24
Code) Parganas, Kolkata – 126
Type of organisation Registered Society
Registration No. S/1L/15819
Year of Establishment 2004
Government/Government Self- Financed
Details of the Organisation
Aided
Nature of Institution Affiliated to Board/Autonomous
Office Address with Pin Purbassha (Opp Bimala Cinema),
Code Madhyamgram, Jessore Road,
Kolkata-129 BARASAT,
NORTH 24 PARGANAS, KOL –
126
Office Phone No. with STD 033-2538 9508
Code
Telex/Fax/No on which 033-2538 9509
message can be given
E-mail address secretary@keigoup.in and
president@keigoup.in
Name of Nearest Railway Barasat
Station
Name of Nearest Air Port Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
International Air Port, Dum-Dum.
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DETAILS OF PROMOTERS
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OUR VISION
Kingston Educational Institute is an off spring of the new millennium. In order to meet the
challenges of growing need of skilled personnel in the country and in the state of West
Bengal, the Institute has emerged as a niche to itself amongst the different educational
Institute in the state and aboard. The Kingston group of institute has the credible history of
imparting education for a decade beginning from this new millennium. It earned the special
galore in enrolling highest intake of students of diploma courses (700 students) amongst 128
numbers of Polytechnic Institutes in the state of West Bengal and 1260 students amongst 26
numbers of Law College. The institute is already in preparedness to accredit these courses
from national accrediting agency for establishing its quality standard.
Kingston Educational Institute, under the helm of Smt. Uma Bhattacharjee has already
performed excellent and notable work in imparting education since 2004 in West Bengal,
such as, establishment and administration of the Educational Institutions i.e; Polytechnic
College, Science Degree College, Management College, 5 years Integrated Law College and
a Model School, affiliated by the concerned authority in the same campus of more or less an
area of 28 acres at Nilgunj, Barasat, Dist: North 24 Parganas since 2004. The said educational
society has already extended its activities, such as establishment and administration of 3 years
Law College at Madhyamgram Campus. The society has also successfully established B.Ed.
College in the main campus and the college is running from 2018. Establishment of dream
projects at Bolpur and at North Bengal where plots of land are already procured is also in the
priority list of the society.
The institute is situated in the rural outskirts of Kolkata where common people are socially &
educationally backward, neo literates, minority and disadvantaged section of the society. Ever
since its establishment the Institute is training students not only in the diversified areas of
technology but also in the emerging areas and cutting edge technology as well as other areas
of higher learning. It remains the prime endeavour on the part of the institute to spread
education, rapid expansion of knowledge and generate an entrepreneurial talent to those
underprivileged and minority section of the society in tune with the policy change initiative
taken by MHRD in the recent years.
The institute has also consistently maintained its lead in the area of legal education in the
state of West Bengal and has ensured its pre-eminence through imparting quality education to
its students as well as ensuring practical training with advocates, corporate and law firms.
Being the second oldest private law college in the state Kingston Law College has only
emerged stronger and is now the only college with one of the highest intake in state of West
Bengal per academic session.
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Our long term vision is to establish ourselves as an institution of repute in the higher
education sector and impart quality education to our students for a better and prosperous
India.
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Chapter 4 PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN
a. ACADEMICS
Kingston Educational Institute recognises the need for a strong and vibrant academic
environment and ensures the same for its students through a combination of various resources
including quality faculty, effective teaching learning method and student participation and
engagement.
Action Points
Create strong centres of academic excellence with state of the art technology backup
and facilities
Provide a vibrant academic environment through class room and practical learning
process
Ensure global exposure through tie-ups with various institutes of higher learning
Implement updated syllabus and including latest developments in areas of law
b. FACULTY RECRUITMENT
Faculty recruitment is a major and important exercise which the Institute takes seriously and
conducts after proper scrutiny. Recruitment is a process duly carried out by the Human
Resource department keeping in mind all relevant criteria as mandated by affiliating and
recognising bodies followed by a psychometric test for best on-job performance. The teacher
student ratio ideally will be 1: 10.
Recruitment is followed by time to time training, scope and opportunity for on the job
learning and various self-development skills implemented department wise. Kingston
recognises the importance of retaining talent and encourages its faculty and staff to undertake
programs for development of self and the institute.
Project Location of the Unit : As per the guideline, the proposed Kingston Educational
with required area of land Hub must acquire at least acres of land for multi-domain
purpose. The location of the project will be as per
consultation with Government of Sikkim.
Installed Capacity with : The proposed Kingston Educational Hub shall be set up
Domain with 5 yrs and 3 years courses in B.A.LL.B, BBA.LL.B and
LL.B (3 years), 2 years LL.M degree, Lucrative
Management Courses including Hotel Management,
Nursing and Paramedical Courses, International Model
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School, Pharmacy & Medical College. As per our policy we
will start with 1240 intake while the enrolment capacity will
become 2160 within 4 years.
Employment : All the teaching and non-teaching staff will be engaged on the
basis of expertise and merit on subject basis as per UGC norms.
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Chapter 5 JUSTIFICATION FOR PROPOSED HUB
The literacy rate in Sikkim is ever increasing through the formal and other education
system. At present, Sikkim has scopes for higher education under Government & Private
establishment. There is need for rapid expansion. In the State of Sikkim, there are 6
numbers of Universities as shown in the table below :
Central University 1
The approximate view of the Education and Prospect and the need of expansion of areas
as well as scope are given below:
50
40
30
2016-17
20
2015-16
10 2014-15
0
SC ST FEMALE MALE
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DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF 18-23 YRS AS PER CENSUS 2011
Sc St Others Total
M F M F M F M F
Note : Census details on the basis of OBC & General not available.
Improvement of GER
Institutional 11 12 13 14 16 17
Density
College 14 15 16 18 20 22
population
Student 14 9 11 12 12 14
teacher
Ratio
13 00 00 00 2 4 5 00 24
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College wise Details:
Affiliated University
% Women students
Name of College
% SC Students
(All categories)
% ST Students
and cycle
Sikkim 1977 Sikkim Govt. ‘B’ 87 3269 53.38 4.06 43.95
Government University 25.05.18
College, Tadong 1st Cycle
Namchi 1995 Sikkim Govt. NA 61 2579 54.51 3.68 11.12
Government University
College, Kamrang
Sikkim 2011 Sikkim Govt. NA 31 775 58.06 4 44.77
Government University
College, Gyalshing
Sikkim 2005 Sikkim Govt. NA 35 435 57.93 3.21 26.43
Government University
College, Rhenock
Sikkim 2012 Sikkim Govt. NA 33 1486 58.74 3.29 32.77
Government University
College, Burtuk
Sikkim 2009 Sikkim Govt. NA 12 300 71 4 22.66
Government B.Ed University
College, Soreng
Sikkim Govt. Law 1980 Sikkim Govt. NA 17 221 62.89 7.23 39.91
College, Burtuk University
Sikkim Institute of 1983 Sampurnanad Govt. NA 8 191 9.42 0 97.59
higher Nyingma Sanskrit
Studies, University,
Pangthang Varanasi
Sikkim 1997 Sampurnanad Govt. NA 8 59 10.16 0 0
Government Sanskrit
Sanskrit College, University,
Samdong Varanasi
Government Govt. NA 8 64 50 4.68 32.81
Vocational
College, Dentam
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Measuring with Baseline Data :
Particulars West Sikkim South Sikkim East Sikkim
Synopsis :
As the above statistics shown, the components help to get a clear scenario of the flow
of students and the crisis of proper Educational Platform. This is the main cause to
outflow a major numbers of students to go other State for the sake of Higher
Education.
Solo response towards EOI in the State of Sikkim by serving our expertise and skill
through the opening of following mediums :
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Details of programs conducted by Kingston Educational Institute group of colleges at present
are given below:
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Kingston Educational Hub
Sikkim