Barkhetri College was established in 1983 in the erstwhile
backward locality of South Nalbari, dominated by minority
community. The founding fathers envisioned to shape education
accessible to underprivileged section of the society. Following the footsteps of its founders, our
esteemed college seeks to empower its students with a holistic education to
build an ideal society which definitely is, distinctive to its vision. Since its inception, Barkhetri College has been catering
higher education to students from entire Barkhetri region including
three nearby river island named Kalarchar, Bhangnamari and
Kurihamari. The college has been relentlessly involved in bringing about
positive changes to the society at large. As a part of its societal
commitment/responsibilities, the college has played a leadership role in
various areas that requires guidance and direction. In furthering the vision of
social inclusiveness, the College has a very student friendly admission process
to make education accessible for all. The College does not fix any cut-off
marks during the time of admission. The sole aim of keeping the cut-off marks open
is to democratize the whole admission process and enable every aspiring
student. Best efforts are made to accommodate maximum number of students. The management down the years has always strived
to reach out to the most deprived sections of the society in imparting higher
education. Catering to the need of the socially and economically disadvantaged
strata of the society located over a large and diverse geographical
jurisdiction has always been high on our agenda. As
the college is committed towards promoting dynamism in education, the IQAC
suggested constituting an institutional research grant to encourage faculty
members for research activities. The holistic purpose of the programme is
to give momentum to research activities as well as contribute in knowledge
formation.
While emphasizing curriculum transaction, this
College provides opportunities for students to engage into extracurricular activities
like debate and extempore speech competitions, musical performances, staging of
plays, art and handicraft, as well as yoga and sports activities. Likewise,
students acquire disciplinary learning and can discover their hidden talents.
The college helps students to develop leadership qualities without being
gender-biased. The role of the College’s alumni also stands proof of it. This
is the distinctiveness of the college that it lays emphasis on student centric
activities like Outcome based educational
practice and evaluation of Learning Outcome/Course Outcome by
holding periodic Internal Assessment etc. College has MoUs with other Institutions to provide exposure to students with Academicians
from reputed Higher Educational Institutions.
Study materials were also supplied to the students
as part of the implementation of online teaching/learning methods provided
during the Covid-19 pandemic which helped them to explore their skills and cope
up with the crucial time during lockdown.
College has a Career Counselling and Placement Cell to make students aware of
different avenues of career and placement. The cell motivates students to improve different soft skills,
employability and communication skills. The distinctiveness is in mentoring
them for entrance examination of various higher educational institutions.
The College contributes in inculcating values of national unity and integration by
the involvement of Rover-Ranger and NSS Unit. Students undertake extension activities to
inculcate social inclusion and responsibilities.
Also, the College provides assistance in getting Government Scholarships and Freeships by
the students.
College felicitates the best graduate in end-semester examination every year to
encourage and motivate the students.
The library automation also shows the distinctive
vision of the College. The Rashid Ahmed Library of college has a collection of
above 10,000 nos. of Printed Books, out of which more than 1000 books have been
entered in SOUL 3.0 Database. Additionally, the library has 7 nos. of Printed
Journals, 2 nos.of Magazines and
Periodicals, 4 nos. of Regional newspapers and 1 National newspaper,
respectively. Apart from this, NDLI-Club registration has also been done.
The following are the acquisitions of the college
library:
- SOUL 3.0
Server, 2. Barcode Printer. 3. Barcode Scanner, 4. Internet Service, 5.
Printers and Xerox machine, 6. Display rack, 7. Almirah, 8. Book shelves,
9. Newspaper stand, 10.Suggestion box, 11. Circulation counter, 12. Notice
board, 13. Inverter, 14. N-List is under process.