Education Forum

The forum was established in the year 2002 and it has been continuing till date. The main objective of the forum is to establish an academic organ in the Education Department of the college. As a whole it aims to provide proper guidance and counselling to students for their all-round development. Aims and Objectives:

• To establish an academic organ in the Education Department of D. K. College, Mirza.
• To organise educational lectures, Seminars, Symposiums, panel discussions, group discussions, exhibitions etc. in the department and college level.
• To organise Educational Seminars, conferences and workshops in the state, Zonal and national levels with other collaborators.
• To organise Educational Excursions for the students and faculty members of the education department.
• To observe important days like international literacy day, international women's day, teacher's day, national youth day etc.
• To generate awareness among the students of education department to undertake field work, team work, project work survey work etc.
• To create alertness among the students about the various educational problems and their possible solutions.
• To create a democratic and healthy atmosphere in the forum as well as in the Department for positive personality development of the students.
• To give encouragement to the students for higher studies and research of education and to make themselves familiar with the emerging areas of education.
• To develop an interdisciplinary approach to the subject among the students.
• To establish Permanent bond relationship between students (Past & Present) and teachers (Past & Present) as a process of development of the department.
• To develop good habits among the students as well as teachers of the Department like reading books and journals of education and psychology, attending seminars, lectures etc.
• To encourage the students to write articles on newspapers, college magazine, college wall magazine on educational topics.
• To publish bulletin, wall magazine, hand written magazine, journal on behalf of the forum and to publish papers by the faculty members and the students in the reputed educational journals and newspapers.
• To provide guidance and counselling to the students of the Department.

Membership:

• All the faculty members and major/honours students of the Department of Education are the members of the Forum.
• Initially membership fees were not collected, but from the year 2004, Rs. 30 per year from the students and Rs. 100 per year from the faculty members and Rs.50 from the contractual faculty members are collected. From the year 2020-21, Rs.100 is collected from the students for the entire 3 years and Rs. 300 per year for the faculty members and Rs. 100 per year from the contractual faculty members are collected.

Portfolios of the Forum:

The Executive committee is formed under the following portfolios:

• President: Head of the Department
• Vice-President: Faculty of the Department
• Convenor: Faculty of the Department
• Treasurer: Faculty of the Department
• Activity in-charge: Faculty of the Department:
• General Secretary: Selected from B.A 3rd year students.
• Assistant General Secretary: Selected from B.A 3rd year students.
• Five members from B.A. 3rd year students.
• Two representatives from B.A. 2nd year students
• Two representatives from B.A. 1st year students

List of Presidents from 2000 till date:

• Aparajita Barpujaree (from 2000 to 2003)
• Dr. Indira Saikia (from 2004 to 2014)
• Dipika Devi (from 2015 to 2017)
• Ashim Ranjan Sarma (from 2018 to 2020)
• Bhabani Baishya (from 2021 till date)

Annual Meeting:

Every year an annual meeting is held to discuss about the various activities to be organised by the forum and also to form the executive committee members. Of course, on the basis of necessity emergency meeting is organised. Activities:

• Year -2003

  • On 8th September,2003, on the occasion of World Literacy Day, a quiz competition among the Education major students was held.

• Year -2004

  • In the year 2004 wall magazine "Gyanam" was published for the first time.

• Year - 2005

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published

• Year - 2006

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • World Literacy Day was observed.

• Year - 2007

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year - 2008

  • On 31st January, 2008 an ovation programme was organised to felicitate the students for their achievement in curricular and co-curricular activities.
  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year - 2009

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year - 2010

  Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year - 2011

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • On 17th August 2011, an Ovation Programme was organised to felicitate the students for their achievements in academic and co-curricular activities and also to felicitate ex-student for clearing NET examination.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • On 8th September, 2011, World Literacy Day was observed.

• Year - 2012

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students for the first time.

• Year - 2013

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • On 5th February, 2013, an Ovation Programme was organised to felicitate the students for their outstanding achievements in scholastic and co-scholastic activities.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.

• Year - 2014

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • On 8th May, 2014, an Ovation Programme was organised to felicitate the students for their outstanding achievements in scholastic and co-scholastic activities.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.

• Year - 2015

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • On 18th April, 2015, an Ovation Programme was organised to felicitate the students for their outstanding achievements in scholastic and co-scholastic activities.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.

• Year - 2016

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • On 12th February, 2016, an Ovation Programme was organised to felicitate the students for their achievements in academic and co-curricular activities.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.
  • On 8th September, 2016, World Literacy Day was observed.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.

• Year - 2017

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.

• Year-2018

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year-2019

  • On 3rd April, 2019, a meeting was held to bid farewell to former Head of the Department of Education, Dr. Indira Saikia.
  • On 25th June, 2019, farewell meeting was held for the 6th semester major students.
  • Teachers' Day was celebrated.

• Year - 2020

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.

• Year-2021

  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.

• Year-2022

  • On 5th January, 2022, Get-together (Farewell cum freshers) was held.
  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.
  • Wall magazine "Gyanam" was published.

• Year-2023

  • Handwritten Magazine "Jigyasa" was published by the major students.