Teacher's Council
The Teacher’s Council of
MBB College is a non-statutory platform of all
teachers,
constituted voluntarily and in
accordance to the convention of the college.
The broad objective of the Teacher’s Council
is to carry out academic and
extra-curricular activities in the College and
in different Departments of the College, along
with the Students Council and Non-teaching
staff and to assist the College Administration
for smooth functioning of the college in
academic & college level administrative affairs
for which the Council is elected annually for a
period of one calendar year, conventionally, in
the month of December.
All teachers of the college (comprising all
full time & part time teachers) are members of
the Teacher’s Council with the Principal of the
College as the
Ex-officio President of the Council.
The Teacher’s Council elects one
Secretary and two Joint Secretaries as the
Office Bearer along with the President of the
Teachers Council as Ex – Officio Member by
virtue of his / her post as the Principal of
the College.
The Office Bearers / Committees of the
Teachers Council are elected on the same
day in the Annual General Meeting ( AGM ) of
the Teacher’s Council which simultaneously form
different Sub - Committees and empower them to
transact the following activities in accordance
with the objectives stated above.
The Office Bearer of the Teacher’s Council are
Ex-Officio members of each Committee by virtue
of their post . The committees perform their
function as per convention and as decided by
the Teacher’s Council in its different meeting.
Other than the Committee Meetings, the Teacher
Council meeting is usually convened as and when
situation warrants relating to academic or
other affairs where all the teachers are
requested to be present and to discuss the
different issues so as to reach a consensus.
The decisions taken by the Teacher’s Council
are voluntarily accepted as mandatory in
nature.
The important Committees that are usually
functioning are as follows :
- Examination Committee for conducting
College and University examination and to
ensure successful completion of the
examinations as scheduled by the college or the
university
- Magazine Committee is empowered to
publish "Prachi" the Annual magazine of MBB
College in collaboration with the Student’s
Council
- Drama Committee to organize drama
within the Staff and the Students and to
prepare and guide / direct the students for
different drama competitions organized by
University / Colleges.
- Debate & Literary Committee is
assigned to prepare students for debates
organized by different institutes /
organization. The committee is empowered to
organize debates within the faculties and among
the students on important academic or
co-curricular component as and when opportunity
for such events occur , as for example during
Annual Cultural Week observed by the college,
Fresher Welcome programmee of the Student
Council etc.
- Sports & Games Committee organizes
sports events among teachers of the college and
with other colleges. Further the committee also
oversee students activities in sports and games
and accompany students in games/sports
organized outside the college premises by
University / other Colleges.
- Cultural & Social Entertainment Committee
organizes cultural events in the college in
collaboration with Students Union.
- Common Room Committee look after Boy’s
& Girl’s Students Common Room and Teachers
Common Room and are empowered to sort out the
problems of space utilization, water and toilet
facility and maintaining its cleanliness,
proper maintenance of articles for indoor games
etc by consultation with the college authority.
- Student Council Election Committee
overall looks after the election process and
assist the college administration in electing
the Student’s Council.
- Disciple Committee assist the college
administration in maintaining discipline within
the college campus particularly among the
student community.
- Grievance Redress & Counseling Committee
usually entertain grievances among the students
or teachers in relation to academic and other
administrative issues. In case of students
proper counseling are done at personal level so
that the student can overcome his/her personal
difficulties in relation to academic and other
issues related to the college. Sometime issues
of students are dealt at personal level by the
teachers.
- Felicitation Committee is empowered
to organize a Felicitation Function where by
the Teachers & Non Teaching Staff Jointly
organize a programme annually to felicitate the
Retired Teaching & Non - Teaching staff of the
college. During this programme a Cerificate of
Service along with a token gift is being given
to the Teaching and Non Teaching Staff as a
token of gratitude for their service to the
institution.
- Teachers Council Fund Utilization
Committee is empowered to collect fund from
the teachers and to utilize it in Teachers
Council meetings, Relief Fund to assist poor
students or other ailing or poor person as a
gesture of Social Commitment.
- Committee for Prevention of Sexual
Harassment is of recent origin and was
constituted as per directive of the state
government to look into any case of sexual
harassment to girl students or any other lady
staff ( Teaching & Non Teaching ) of the
college.
- Other Committees as desired by the Teachers
in the Annual General Meeting.
As an usual practice the Secretary, Teacher’s
Council convenes a General Meeting in
consultation with the President of the Council
on Academic matters and other matters
relating to Teachers Welfare Measures,
whereby the College Authority is being
appraised of the different problems of the
teachers that can be solved at the college
level so that the functioning of the college
becomes smooth and effective. If other issues
are brought to the notice of the President of
the Teacher’s Council which cannot be resolved
at the College level then those issues are
referred to appropriate authorities for
consideration.
The Principal of the College being the
President of the Teacher’s Council can Convene
Teacher’s Council Meeting if the situation
warrants such a meeting in consultation with
the Secretary of the Teacher’s Council.
Other than the aforesaid business
Teachers Council can take into cognizance any
incident that may affect the general interest
of the Teachers and the President of the
Teacher’s Council may constitute other
Committees that are felt to be necessary for
maintenance of Academic atmosphere of the
college. Further the Teacher’s Council can
convene Emergent Meeting to deal with specific
issues that need to be addressed by the
teachers.
The Activities of the Teacher’s Council are in
fact dual in nature :
- It’s the highest form of Teachers Platform,
democratically elected and a voluntary body
which has an immense role of developing
Academic atmosphere of the college based on
which academic transaction for imparting
quality education is largely dependent.
- The Teacher’s Council is to advise / consult
/ lodge protest to college authority and to
bridge and develop Teacher – Student
Relationship based on which the Academic &
Administrative Foundation of the College is
virtually dependent.
Hence the activity of the Teacher’s Council is
the Central Point in the development process of
the college as a whole and MBB College Teachers
Council Activities are both Academic and
Extra-curricular in nature as stated above.