About College
Government College for Women (A), Guntur established in 1942, in 10 acres, is fully equipped with laboratories and ICT enabled classrooms and bagged 'B++' grade with a CGPA of 2.92 during the recent NAAC accreditation process(RAF).
It has completed 76 years of committed service enabling the rural
women students in terms of education and employability. With 25 UG
Programs and 4 PG Programs and with CPE, Autonomy and RUSA grants
as feathers in its cap, the college is marching to strive for the betterment
of Rural Women Students.
The College has 23 departments including Bio-Chemistry, Microbiology
and Bio-technology with 1800 students on rolls and several restructured
courses. The Institution is also offering scholarships and hostel
accommodation for the poor students and takes special care in the case
of challenged students.
The college received Autonomy, CPE and RUSA grants for development and the classrooms are being
upgraded to provide digital learning
experience. The Library of this college is digitized and offers digital editions of books and
magazines for enhancing skills.
The staff of the institution are qualified and selected through College 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. From 2011 to 2017, seven MRPs were completed and six more
projects are going on. 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.
As this is an autonomous institution, it has freedom to revamp the curriculum to match the
employability needs and global scholarship
demands. This college also offers various need based Add – on Courses and Certificate Courses
with additional inputs filling the gaps in
the curriculum.
As this institution is a District Resource Centre, it offers training to teachers of the
neighbouring colleges in student – centered methods
and latest aspects of knowledge.
The college has been conducting seminars and workshops for teachers and students in the latest
aspects of teaching and learning to
develop Socratic thinking.
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. The staff and the students of the
college campaigned against Open Defecation
System in the surrounding villages as part of the Swatch Bharat programme.
The college has a separate Placement Cell (Jawahar Knowledge Centre) , which trains the students
in Communication Skills and Soft Skills
and provides jobs to students through linkages and campus interviews. The institution has MOUs
with employing agencies for regular
campus drives and so far it has placed 2897 students on jobs during the last five years and 55
during 2017-18 from April till date.
Fibergrid, a digital networking platform is sanctioned to this college to connect it digitally
to other government colleges to provide
extended academic support to other institutions using the expertise of the staff of this
institution.
The college enjoys a good number of admissions every year when all other institutions failed to
attract students. It is due to the
transparent administrative measures, good teaching-learning and evaluative practices,
professional ethics, graduation outcomes and
outreach activities. The institution focuses on the holistic personality of its students to
shape them as independent thinkers, entrepreneurs
and potential citizens of commitment.