YA GOVERNMENT COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

About the Department

            YA Govt. College for Women, Chirala is a Arts - Science - Commerce College, Established in the year of 1966. This is a Government College, Affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University.

         Department of Telugu was started on 15^th August, 1966. The department has been providing its services to the development of Telugu Language which is mother tongue of Andhra Pradesh. Famous Poet Sri Nagabhairava Koteswara Rao has extended their services as Lecturer in the department.

Vision

• “To be the leading centre providing student – responsive education, training and extend services for the development of Telugu Language and Literature.”
  
• Department of Telugu visualizes the critical importance of Telugu Language as an instrument to make the communications easier and contribute to the society development.
  

Mission

• Department of Telugu aims to impart perfect Knowledge in Telugu Language. The department creates and integrates a platform to spread importance of Telugu Language.

  Department Profile

Teaching, learning and evaluation

Teaching

• Lecture, discussion and various other methods form the backbone of the entire teaching process.

• This is further supplemented by various co-curricular and extracurricular activities such as student seminars, Guest lectures, Quiz competitions, Field visits, Group discussions, Etc.,

• Teaching is aided by PPT presentations and subject related youtube videos in order to make the students grasp the subject easily.

• The internet is used to the maximum possible extent to aid the teaching process.

• The annual academic plans are prepared by the teaching staff at the very beginning of each academic year.

• The syllabus is covered as per plan.

• Teaching diary and teaching notes are maintained by the faculty.

• Study material is distributed to the students.

• Firm adherence to the academic plan is ensured and the progress is reviewed periodically.

• The department conducts Bridge classes to first year students to fill the gaps in their knowledge in Grammar, Prasody and Alankaras

• Slow learners in each class are identified and given remedial coaching.

• Curriculum feedback is taken from time to time and appropriate changes are made as per the student’s requirement.

Learning

• The students are given a list of reference books available in the college library that they can refer in order to enhance their understanding of various topics.

• The students are also encouraged to read the text books from the college library as well as the departmental library.

• The students are encouraged to discuss the difficult topics with the staff members.

• The students are assigned study projects which they complete under the guidance of the faculty.

• Apart from clearing the doubts raised by the students in the class, doubt clarification session is  arranged after teaching hours.

• The slow learners are identified and they are encouraged to write assignments on the topics useful for the university examinations.

Learning resources

• The department has its own library.

• Digital and virtual classrooms are also utilized for teaching purposes.

• Lesson telecasts in MANA TV programs are used by the students.

Evaluation

• The evaluation and assessment is done through mid-semester examinations and end-semester examinations.

• Apart from these, slip tests, assignments are held immediately after the completion of a topic. This helps the students to get rid of their examination fear.

• Spectacular pass percentages achieved by the department during the past five years in the university examinations.

• The students have been performing consistently well over the past five years.

Student activities

• Study projects: Advanced learners in the students are assigned study projects every year. The projects are based on a topic that is related to the subject or research oriented topic related to society.

• The students are guided by the faculty and are encouraged to refer books in the library, browse the internet and consult anyone who they feel can enlighten them about the topics.

• This helps the students in gaining a deeper understanding of the subject. Also, this activity gives them experience in the research field which helps them in their future endeavors.

Some of the study projects submitted by the students are given below:

• Types of pollution.
• Editorials – Literary touch.
• Flags of different countries and their features.
• Famous poets in Classical literature.
• Agriculture-Different types of crops.
• Home medication
• Effects of pollution.
• Social Media.
• Professions-Types.

Healthy practices

•  The top scorers in the University examination are awarded certificates and cash prizes.