COMMUNITY COLLEGE

UPAYA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (U SAT CC)

The community college is named “UPAYA Science & Technology Community College (U SAT CC) at Ramabahal is a new venture of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) to cater the need of the poor, marginalized and school dropouts in the province of North East India. It is the first Tribal/Dalit Community College in the state of Orissa founded by late Fr. I. Ignatius SVD, in May 2005. Its objectives are to “reach the unreached”, “including the excluded” and “giving the best to the least” by identifying and tapping their talents through skills development for employment.

We define community as “Rural Communities, are the tribals, dalits and other backward classes living in the rural areas as school/college dropouts to conscientize and motivate them in response to the academic needs and employability for improving students achievement and meeting challenging academic standards.”

NEED OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

A community becomes progressive when it is empowered with three attributes, i.e. knowledge, unity and money or materials. The starting point of all is the intellectual growth and the rest follows. What the tribal communities lack in this area is the knowledge and skills. Of all the states of India, Orissa has the largest number of tribes, as many as 62. The major tribal groups are Santal, Munda, Oraon and Gond. They mostly inhabit the Eastern Ghats hill range of Orissa, namely Koraput, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Phulbani, Boudh, Sundargarh and Majurbhanj. Though Tribals are bestowed with rich natural resources, they are poor due to the subsistence oriented economy.

Now the educated tribal youth allured by the modernization moving to the towns and metro cities. But since they do not have any skill in hand, they are victimized by the big contractors and estate owners. The girls migrating to the towns end up with human trafficking and sexual abuse. Looking at this scenario we have started the community college, to give the intellectual awakening as well as skills for employment.

CHIEF FEATURES OF COMMUNITY COLLGE

  • Community College is an innovative education alternative system of education that is rooted in the community providing holistic education and eligibility for employment to the disadvantaged.
  • The vision of the Community College is to be of the community, for the community, and by the community and to produce responsible citizens.
  • Community College promotes job oriented, work related, skill based and life coping education for employment.
  • The key words of the Community College system are accessibility, affordability, flexibility in curriculum and teaching methodology, cost effectiveness and equal opportunity in collaboration with industrial, commercial and service sectors.
  • The Course, program, trades are planned according to the need and time.
  • Skill development and employability is the main focus of the College.
  • Another unique concept of UPAYA Science and Technology Community College is the study of Social Engineering – Adivasi Renaissance. It means to enlighten the Adivasi’s thinking, culture, history, condition, origin, discrimination, exploitation etc.
  • The Faculty members and the students are responsible for the job placement.

THE COURSES OFFERED

Diploma Programmes
  1. Diploma in Multipurpose Health Worker
  2. Diploma in Computer Software
  3. Diploma in Welding and Fabrication
Certificate Programmes
  1.  Electrical Technician
  2. Tailoring & Fashion Designing.