Recognized by National Council for Teacher Education,SRC, Bangalore &

Affiliated to TamilNadu Teachers Education University, Chennai

Approved by UGC under section 2(f) and 12B of UGC Act

Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC

Dear Readers!

Greetings from Annammal College of Education for

Women, Thoothukudi. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Year,

we take pride and deem it an honour and privilege to publish the IQAC

newsletter which focuses the academic journey we have successfully

completed in the academic year 2011-12.

PUBLIC SPEAKING PRACTICE

Public speaking can be a nerve-racking experience for students and we

help them to develop confidence to speak before an audience through Public

Speaking Practice given to them. Our hostel quadrangle is the stage where

students practice speaking in Tamil and English. After the college hours

special arrangements are made to make students speak before a limited

audience. The language teachers ensure that the students feel comfortable to

speak in the following ways:

� The teachers give useful tips on diffusing anxiety while speaking

� The students are free to talk on any topic of their own choice

� Flexible timings are provided to students for practice

� Opportunities are provided to students to showcase their oratory

skills

CALLIGRAPHY CLASSES

The magical touch of an expressive hand in terms of beautiful

handwriting is a much desired quality for those who aspire to become

teachers. Having understood this we arrange calligraphy classes for our

trainees. We train them to write on the black board, charts and records

flawlessly. We teach them cursive writing and we try to help our

students present their answers in a better way on the answer sheets. We

invite experts from outside for calligraphy classes. They teach our

students to use flat tip pens and bamboo pens. A handwriting board has

been positioned in the corridor to encourage our students to refine their

blackboard writing.

ADD-ON SKILLS

Issue : 2

2011 – 12

Editor:

Dr.A.Joycilin Shermila,

Associate Professor of

English.

Associate Editors:

Ms.K.E.Valarmathi,

Assistant Professor of

Computer Science.

Mrs.A.Vinothini Sylvia

Assistant Professor of

Education.

PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

ENGLISH ORIENTATION PROGRAMME The trainees of Annammal College of

Education come from heterogeneous

backgrounds. Thus a need has been felt to design

an English orientation programme and we have

conducted this programme from 15.09.2011 to

16.09.2011. This programme emphasized the

need to familiarize the trainees with a set of

topics such as – Phonetics and Spoken English,

Expansion of English vocabulary, Framing

Questions and the basics of English grammar.

CAMLIN HOBBY WORKSHOP

A hobby workshop on ‘Fabric Painting’

was organised on 12.11.2011 for students.

Camlin trained persons taught them shading,

stencil painting, Rajasthani painting, emboss

painting, block printing, greeting card making,

paper bag making and sequins and kundan work.

UGC-NET COACHING

The importance of UGC-NET

examination is being increasingly recognized in

education circles. We offer UGC-NET coaching

in our institution to enhance the employability of

our M.Ed. students. The true success of the

UGC-NET coaching Programme lies in the

eagerness of students to undertake the M.Ed.

course in our college.

TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST

To help our trainees to get employment

in government schools, our faculty members

conducted TNTET coaching programme for all

subjects in the month of March and April.

A special programme on Counselling

was organized for our students on

01.10.2011. Dr. Subha Charles, renowned

psychiatrist, Chennai was the resource

person. She elaborated on the role of a

teacher as a counselor in the present

scenario.

A team of foreigners from Hawaii

Islands visited our college on 24.01.2012. Mrs.

Vaideghi, was the Director of the programme.

The persons who visited were Dr. Charlatte, Dr.

John Ludgate, Ms. Cathy Seemam, Mr. Marti

Mc. Henry, Ms. Gladys Fuquiuchi, Mr. John

Burt, Mr. Wicki Vande Veer, Dr. Jennifer

Jeffine and Dr. Pataicia Moore, Dr. Jennifer

Jeffiner addressed the students on the qualities

of a teacher and students. The team interacted

with our students on the culture and the system

of education in India and the US.

MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAMMES

A special programme on ‘English for

today and tomorrow’ was organized on

03.02.2012. 40 students from Subbiah

Vidhyalayam Primary School presented their

projects prepared by using ‘Drawing for

children’ and ‘Creative writer’ software.

Sri Sri Muralidhar Swamiji from GOD –

the Global Organisation for Divinity addressed

the students on the nobility of the teaching

profession on 06.02.2012.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CLUB

A seminar on ‘Web 2.0 tools in

education’ was organized on 04.02.2012 for

Computer teachers of schools in Thoothukudi

district. The resource person was Dr. K.S.

Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, School of

Education, TamilNadu Open University.

ECO CLUB

The Eco Club of our college organized a

programme on the theme ‘Preserve our

environment” on 17.09.2011. Mrs. A.

Manimegalai, Secondary Grade Assistant

teacher and her students presented projects on

“Plastic free earth”. This programme generated

awareness on the need to avoid plastics in our

daily life.

RESEARCH CLUB

A State Level Seminar on “Enhancing

Research Skills in Education” was organized on

29.10.2011 by the Research Club of our college.

Dr. B. William Dharma Raja, Assistant

Professor, Department of Education,

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Dr.

K.S. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, School

of education, Tamil Nadu Open University,

Chennai were the resource persons.

ROTARACT

The Rotaract Club of our college was

inaugurated on 14.10.2011.

Rtn. Pon Venkatesh addressed the students

on the important activities that could be

taken up by the Rotaract Club. The office

bearers took oath and the installation

ceremony was followed by the address of

Rotary President.

QUALITY PROMOTION PROGRAMMES

TAMIL CLUB

A special lecture on ‘kdpjd; vd;gtd;’

was organized by the Tamil Club of our

college on 03.12.2011. The resource person

was Isaikavi Ramanan from Chennai. He

spoke on how education can be converted

into wisdom to live a meaningful life.

MATHS CLUB

An intercollegiate “Mathematics

Modelling and Quiz Contest” was organized

for the Maths students of all colleges. The

winners were awarded 8 GB & 4 GB Pen

drives.

SCIENCE CLUB

The Science Club of our college

organized a special lecture on ‘Work and Life

of a Scientist’ on 26.12.2011. Dr.Antony S.

Jeevarajan, Scientist, Biomedical Research,

Bionanotechnology and Environmental systems,

NASA, Johnson Space Center, USA delivered

the address.

A State Level Inter Collegiate Science

Working Model Contest and Science Quiz Bliss

– Aspirants Quench 2012 was organised on

28.01.2012.

HEALTH CLUB

The Health Club of our college

organized a Eye check up for our students

on 28.01.2012 at Aravind Eye Hospital,

Tirunelveli. Dental check up was also

organized for our students on 31.01.2012.

An ‘Eye Donation Awareness Camp’

was organized on 28.02.2012 in association

with Lions Club of Sivakasi Cracker City

and Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli.

PLACEMENT CELL

The placement cell of our college,

organised a programme on ‘Interview

Techniques and Resume Preparation for our

students on 13.01.2012. Campus Interview

was organized on 27.02.2012 for our B.Ed

and M.Ed students. Aboout 19 institutions

conducted interview in our campus.

CITIZENSHIP TRAINING CAMP

Citizenship Training Camp was

organized for B.Ed students from 10.01.12

to 13.01.12.

Topic Resource Person

Nuclear Power

Programmes in India

Scientists from

KKNPP.

Plastic – A potential

threat to our ecosystem

Mr. S. Kathiresan,

Assistant Director of

Panchayat,

Collectorate,

Thoothukudi.

Breast cancer in

women

Dr. Lalitha

Subramanian, Assistant

Professor in Radiation

& Oncology,

Thoothukudi Medical

College Hospital,

Thoothukudi.

Women Empowerment Mrs. V. Latha

Mathivanan, Director,

Arumbugal Trust,

Tirunelveli.

Environmental

Protection

NGO Arumbugal

Tirunelveli

Preserve your forest

heritage

Mr. Nihar Ranjan,

District Forest officer,

Thoothukudi.

Food Safety and

Standards

Dr. Jagadish Chandra

Bose, Designated

officer and Mr. S.

Chandra Mohan, Food

safety officer.

E-banking Mrs. M. Kavitha,

Assistant Manager,

TMB.

PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES

Our students participated in the State

Level, Inter Collegiate Throw Ball Tournament

held at Meston College of Education on 25th

January 2012. Again they participated in the

TamilNadu Teachers Education University Inter-

Collegiate Sports Meet, Tirunelveli zone.

Our student participated in the State

Level University Athletic Meet 2012 and

secured the second place in Javelin throw.

A new hi-tech Network Resource Centre

partially funded by UGC was inaugurated by Dr.

G. Srinivas, Joint Director, UGC, SERO,

Hyderabad on 15.10.2011. Dr. G. Srinivas

addressed the gathering on leading higher

education to the path of excellence. There are 61

computers with Broadband connectivity in the

NRC of our college. The students are allowed to

browse at free of cost.

Our college has subscribed to N-List

(INFLIBNET) and our trainees and faculty

members have login ID and password. They can

gain access to the database of INFLIBNET-N-

LIST.

NET WORK RESOURCE CENTRE

INFLIBNET

B.Ed Counselling classes were

organized for first year and second year

IGNOU students from 04.10.2011 to

05.10.2011. The IGNOU B.Ed. programme

study centre is completing its fifth year of

existence at our campus. Induction cum

counseling classes were organized from

10.03.2012 to 11.03.2012 for first year and

second year B.Ed. Students.

National Testing Service, Regional Field

Unit 10A of our college organized a “Workshop

cum Training Programme on Item Writing” for

Higher Secondary Tamil teachers from

28.11.2011 to 30.11.2011.

A State Level Inter collegiate cultural

Meet ACE FEST 2011 was organized on 16th

December 2011 as a part of our Golden Jubilee

celebration. Trainees from seventeen colleges of

education participated in the competition. The

overall winners of ACE FEST 2011 were

Crescent College of Education, Madurai. The

runners were St. Thomas College of Education,

Thoothukudi.

Our trainees participated in the Inter

Collegiate Competitions organized by the Tamil

department of Govindammal Adithanar College

for Women, Tiruchendur on 03.10.2011 and

won the overall shield.

In the Inter collegiate cultural

competition INIGO – 2012, organised by St.

Ignatious College of Education on 24.01.2012

on the theme ‘Save Life on Earth – Rise, Reflect

and Revolt agaanist plastics’, our trainees won

the overallcup.

They also participated in KEPPA – 01

organised by VET College of Education,

Panagudi on 10.02.2012 and won the overall

trophy.

In the Inter Collegiate Cultural

Competition XATEC 2012 organized by St.

Xavier’s College of Education, Palayamkottai on

28.02.2012, our trainees won the overall

championship.

INTER COLLEGIATE CULTURALS

ACE FEST 2011

LAURELS IN CULTURALS

IGNOU PROGRAMME

NATIONAL TESTING SERVICE

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Our B.Ed and M.Ed. students

participated in the literacy campaign at

Karunanidhi Nagar, Sathya Nagar and MGR

Nagar on 23.08.2011.

Our B.Ed. and M.Ed. students rendered

voluntary service at Medical College Hospital,

Thoothukudi from 7.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Rotaract members of our college

rendered voluntary service at the Polio

Immunisation Campaign in the booths at railway

station and bus station.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The annual meet of our Alumni

Association was organized on

03.04.2012.Dr.(Mrs.)A.Annie Pearline

Rajakumari, Principal, Rev.John Thomas

College of Education for Women,

Meignanapuram and Mrs.M.Kanagaratha,

Principal, Sakthi Vinayagar Hindu Vidyalaya,

Thoothukudi were the resource persons.

EDUCATIONAL TOUR

Our B.Ed and M.Ed students were taken

to a one day tour to Tiruchendur,

Kulasekarapatnam, Manapadu,

Chockankudiyirupu, Uvari and Vanathirupathy

on 11.02.2012. The students visited the temples

and other places of historical importance .

Again they were taken to a one day tour

to Uthrakosamangai, Rameshwaram, Pamban

Palam and Devipatnam on 15.02.2012 of

historical importance.

TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION

The following gadgets were purchased

for our frequently updated audio visual

department.

• JBL speakers

• AKG dual microphone receiver

• ACER laptops

• Mackie CF 16 mixer

• Kenwood 4 channel amplifier

• JBL SST 60m speaker

• Philips DVD Player

• Sony H x R – MC 1500P camcorder

• ACER Multimedia Projector

• Interactive Smart Board

CELEBRATIONS

Teachers Day was organized on

05.09.2011 in our campus. Mrs. Celine Mary,

Former Headmistress, Subbiah Vidhyalayam

Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Thoothukudi

presided over the event.

Students’ Council of our college was

inaugurated on 14.10.2011 by Dr. Rev. Sr.

Decla, Principal, St. Mary’s College,

Thoothukudi. The office bearers took oath

following the candle ceremony.

Pooja celebration was organized in our

college at Shenbagamurthi hall on 04.10.2011.

Pongal was celebrated with great pomp

and show in a traditional way on 13.01.2012 in

our campus.

Women’s Day was celebrated on

03.03.12. Cultural programmes were organized

depicting women as leaders on times of trial

and tribulations.

A gala sports Day was organized on

24.03.11, Tmt L. Sasikala Pushpa worshipful

Mayor of Thoothukudi corporation inaugurated

the sports day meet.

Republic Day was celebrated on

26.01.2012. Our Secretary, Sri. D. Ganesan

hoisted the national flag and delivered the

Republic day address.

Our 50th

College Day celebrations were

held on 31.03.2012. Dr.G.Parameshwari,

Principal i/c of Lady Willington Institute of

Advanced Study in Education, Chennai was the

chief guest. Our college toppers in the university

examination were honoured with gold coins.

• Mrs. R. Suryakala and Mrs. N. Sudhakumari

attended the conference on ‘Advancing

Development through Sustainable

Livelihood’ as a part of the three-day

convention ‘Madurai Symposium 2011’

organized by IGNOU Regional Centre,

Madurai on 15.09.2011.

• Mrs. P.Latha, Mrs. R. Suryakala and Mrs. S.

Jeya Parvathi and participated in the State

Level Seminar on ‘Action Research’

organized on 22.10.2011 by

St. Xaviers College of Education,

Palayamkottai.

• Dr. (Mrs.) P. Lavanya and Ms. K.E.

Valarmathi participated in the Training cum

Workshop on “Item Writing for teachers”

for Regional field Unit Coordinators

organized by National Testing Service –

India at Mysore on 02.11.2011. They were

taught to write objective and subjective type

test items in Tamil at the Higher Secondary

level.

• Dr. A. Joycilin Shermila and Mrs. R.

Suryakala attended the UGC sponsored

National Seminar on ‘Innovations in

Curriculum Designing under choice based

credit system’ organized on 07.12.2011 by

the IQAC of St. Xaviers college

(Autonomous), Palayamkottai.

• Dr. P. Lavanya and Mrs. S. Jeya Parvathy

participated in the nrk;nkhop jkpoha;T kj;jpa

epWtdk; sponsored 3 day National Seminar

on 'mz;ikf; fhy njhy;ypay; Ma;Tfspd;

gpd;Gyj;jpy; rq;f ,yf;fpaq;fs;” organized from

16.02.2012 to 18.02.2012 by St. Marys

college ( Autonomous), Thoothukudi.

• Six of our faculty members participated in

the First International Conference of

Teacher Educators on the theme ‘Emerging

Trends in Educational Technology’ jointly

organized by St. Ignatius’ College of

Education (Autonomous) and

Kanniyakumari Academy of Arts and

Sciences (KAAS) on 17.03.2012 and

presented papers.

• Management Committee

• Academic committee

• Cultural committee

• Library Committee

• Student welfare committee

• Extension services committee

• Placement committee

• Research committee

• Examination and Time table committee

• Newsletter committee

• Website committee

• Tour committee

• Tutorial committee

• Tech committee

• Green Campus committee

• Hostel committee

• Campus maintenance committee

• Faculty welfare committee

Dr.A.FibyRaj - Chairperson

Mrs.R.Suryakala - Coordinator

Mrs.P.Latha - Member

Dr.A.Joycilin Shermila - Member

Dr.P.Lavanya - Member

Ms.K.E.Valarmathi - Member

Mrs.N.Sudhakumari - Member

Mrs. A.VinothiniSylvia - Member

Our college was accredited with “A”

Grade in the year 2006. Now we are to go for

reaccreditation. With the cooperation from the

faculty members the self appraisal report was

prepared and submitted to NAAC during

October 2011.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMMES

EXISTING COMMITTEES

OF OUR COLLEGE

COMPOSITION OF IQAC

NAAC REACCREDITATION

REPORT SUBMISSION

FINANCIAL AID TO STUDENTS

Our college takes special care to get

scholarships provided by the state and central

governments for our trainees. The following list

provides details of the scholarships.

Course Name of the

Scholarship

No. of

Benefici

aries

Amount

B.Ed. SC –

Scholarship

26 1,96,844.00

M.Ed. SC –

Scholarship

5 36,620.00

B.Ed. BC –

Scholarship

21 39,540.00

B.Ed. MBC 7 14,240.00

B.Ed. DNC 1 2,240.00

Total 2,89,484.00

Visit us at:

www.annammal.in & annammals@yahoo.com

Contact us at:

Annammal College of Education for Women,

Thiruchendur Road, Thoothukudi-628003.

0461-2375601, 2375186.

GLIMPSES OF OUR

CAMPUS

ACE View

Golden Jubilee

Building

ACE Hostel

ACE Netcafe

Dimple

Rest Room

Basket Ball Court