JKC

Career Guidance & Placement Cell ( Jawahar Knowledge Center)

Govt. College for Women, GUNTUR is one among 11 Degree colleges in Andhra Pradesh, in which JKCs were established first time in the year 2006. In JKC the students are trained to learn the technical skills, soft skills, project management skills, problem solving techniques and communication skills by employing accelerated learning strategies.

Govt. College for Women, GUNTUR is one among 11 Degree colleges in Andhra Pradesh, in which JKCs were established first time in the year 2006. In JKC the students are trained to learn the technical skills, soft skills, project management skills, problem solving techniques and communication skills by employing accelerated learning strategies.

Moulding the students to the perspective of corporate community is the main objective of JKC. It is a training programme that brings out and strengthens their inherent skills, plus equips them with employable skills that are missing. With a focus to provide quality human resources to the Nation, JKC joined hands with companies like Infosys, HCL, TCS, ILM, Mahindra Satyam, Wipro etc. under Campus Connect initiative Foundation programme and soft skills programmes are being organized to students.

JKCs thus became visibly hubs of student activity. With the state of the art computer labs, the centers became sources of vibrant linguistic platforms for the socially marginalized students of Government Degree Colleges to try their best to improve their employable skills, across the state. This novel scheme has brought about expected dividends in ensuring the skill-based learning activity move ahead successfully. More interestingly, ELF (English Language Fellow) trained English Teachers’ methodology (more of STT, Student Talk Time) became a useful tool in training the undergraduates on the platform provided by the Jawahar Knowledge Centers. This was a great beginning of a very practical activity to counter quickly, the poor communication skills of the undergraduate students in the State of Andhra Pradesh, which is useful even in their Higher Education.

Context

The ever increasing prominence of India on the global map has lead to a growing demand for hard working and talented students good with computer skills, communication skills and industry related skills. The doors of global job market are opened to students who can speak fluently, compute quickly, write legibly and analyze logically. The conventional curriculum offered through B.A., B.Com and B.Sc., courses does not impart requisite skills relevant for dynamic job market especially that of emerging industries like Software and BPO. The Department felt the need to offer training to bridge the skill deficit of students and to enable them seize employment opportunities in job market.

Initiative

The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh initiated Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKC) in Degree Colleges to help students learn and practice employability skills. These centers aim to provide solution to the problem of unemployment faced by students studying nonprofessional courses in Degree Colleges of AP. The ever increasing prominence of India on the global map has lead to a growing demand for hard working and talented students good with computer skills, communication skills and industry related skills. The doors of global job market are opened to students who can speak fluently, compute quickly, write legibly and analyze logically. The conventional curriculum offered through B.A., B.Com and B.Sc., courses does not impart requisite skills relevant for dynamic job market especially that of emerging industries like Software and BPO. The Department felt the need to offer training to bridge the skill deficit of students and to enable them seize employment opportunities in job market.

Objectives

• To impart requisite skills relevant for dynamic job market and to enable students to seize employment opportunities.
• To provide latest technologies to the students from poor and marginalized sections of the society and to encourage them to compete with their urban counterparts
• To enable the students climb the ladder of success by providing world class infrastructure and experienced faculty.
• To help students realize their potential and aim high in life and to motivate students to be creative, independent and self reliant.
• To provide SC and ST students with adequate knowledge and employability skills.
• To ensure empowerment of girl students by providing job skills.
• To conduct Job Fairs & Campus Recruitment drives and to facilitate the placement of students trained in JKCs.