About College
Government College for Women (A), Guntur bagged 'B++' grade with a CGPA of 2.92 during the recent NAAC accreditation process(RAF).
Government College for Women (A), Guntur of Andhra Pradesh, established in 1942, in 10.85 acres, with around 2250 students on rolls at present, is an established and the oldest women’s college in the district. It has completed 81 years of committed service enabling mostly rural women students in terms of education and employability. Offering UG and PG programs in multiple disciplines in Arts, Commerce and Sciences, this autonomous institution was recognised as Centre with Potential for Excellence (2016-2021), and RUSA grants and NIRF ranking (168) in 2018 have been feathers in its cap.
The College has 21 departments offering 34 UG and 04 PG programmes. This is a government institution, monitored by Commissionerate of Collegiate Education Andhra Pradesh. Staffed with mostly regular and fulltime teachers who are qualified as per UGC rules and are highly committed, the college lays special emphasis on following student-centred methods in its teaching learning process.
As an autonomous institution, the college has freedom to revamp the curriculum to match the employability needs and global and local development demands from time to time.
This college also offers various need based add – on certificate courses with additional inputs that fill the gaps in the curriculum. The college follows an effective semester-wise Academic Calendar for curriculum transaction together with co-curricular and extra curricular activities.
Being a Nodal Resource Centre, the college has conducted Faculty Development Programmes like ‘English for Teaching Content Subjects’, ‘Teaching Life Skill Courses’ and ‘Teaching Skill Development Courses’, Pedagogical Methods etc. for the teachers of the member colleges.
The women students of the college are supported by the ability enhancement wings like Placement Cell, Career Guidance cell, Jawahar Knowledge centre- a job skills training wing, Women Empowerment Cell, Internal Complaints Committee, Anti ragging Cell, Minority welfare committee, NCC and NSS.
The college offers MoU based internships in many of the departments in addition to the mandatory 10 months 3-phased internships that are an integral part of every UG programme
The college campus is fully equipped with laboratories and ICT enabled classrooms to carry out all the academic activities, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
The staff of the institution are qualified and selected through Service Commission and work with commitment, dedication, and research orientation. A great number of the staff of this college are Ph.D holders and are acting as Resource Persons, Content Generators, Authors and Research Supervisors. The teachers are highly committed, follow student-centered methods and most of them are honoured as the best teachers by the State Government and other agencies.
By planning a qualitative academic calendar and assessment calendar well in advance and preparing the schedules of formative and summative assessment in consultation with Controller of Examinations along with curricular, co-curricular and extension activities the academic council of the college has been successful in offering creative and critical thinking skills with a practical orientation.
Along with curricular and co-Curricular Aspects, the college lays emphasis on the physical and ethical aspects of students by involving them in sports and games and by incorporating Human Values and Professional Ethics as part of the curriculum. Our students bag prizes in various inter-university tournaments and get selected for nationals.
The institution is conscious of the eco system and from time to time enough focus is laid on campus cleanliness and beautification through measures like avoiding plastic on the campus. Green cover is maintained and rain - water harvesting is taken up to preserve the water tables during summer. The staff and the students along with the NSS and NCC units of the college adopt villages and spread the green consciousness among villages that surround the institution.
