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SC/ST & Minority Cell

SC/ST Cell
There are certain special Constitutional safeguards for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections of the population as embodied in the Constitution of India. It is a constitutional obligation that they could take their rightful place in community. As citizens of the Republic of India, they are fully entitled to certain rights and privileges, which were denied to them in the past. Keeping in view, the St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata has set up SC/ST Cell in 2010 to provide the benefits to the students belonging to SC's/ST’s. The Cell is constituted to strengthen the students in the field of Education with the objective to improve the academic expertise of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates and to bring them up to the general level as compared to other communities.

Minority Cell
As a Christian Minority Educational Institution, St. Xavier's has been very much keen to provide services to the educational and cultural needs of the Minority community along with other caste, creed and Nationality. The Minority Cell basically helps minority students including Christian, Muslim, Jain, Buddhists etc. for their academic development.

The Nature of the Activities of the Cell
The Cell is committed to provide assistance to the SC/ST & minority students through counseling, personality development, development of communication skill, remedial coaching, tutorial classes, and preparatory classes for professional and employment purposes, etc. The Cell is actively engaged in coordinating and resolve the problems in the matter of conduct of remedial coaching and other measures with a view to see that the education system succeeds in bringing the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and minorities to a level quantitatively as well as qualitatively indistinguishable from the level of the rest of the society. The Cell is going to organize several educational Schemes, which are as follows:-

• Orientation Programme in English Language
  This Programme is to be organized with a view to improving academic skill in English Language.
   
• Orientation Programme in Business Mathematics & Statistics
  This Programme is to be organized with a view to developing academic proficiency in Business Mathematics & Business Statistics.
   
• Orientation Programme in Accounting ( for non commerce students)
  This Programme is to be organized for non-commerce students for giving general idea on basic accounting at preliminary level.
   
• Personality Development & Communication Skill
  The basic objective of this scheme is to improve personality development & communication skill in competing in the practical filed.
   
• Remedial Coaching
  Remedial Coaching is to be organized with a view to (a) improving academic skills of the students in various subjects, (b) raising their level of comprehension of basic subjects to provide a stronger foundation for further academic work, (c) strengthening their knowledge, skills and attitudes in such subjects.'
   
• Coaching Classes for entry in Government services
  The basic objective of the coaching scheme is to help students to get gainful employment in Central services, State services or equivalent positions in the private sector. The coaching under the scheme should be oriented for particular examinations conducted for selection to services, such as the IAS, State Public Services, Bank recruitment, SSC, etc.
   
• Coaching for NET/SLET
  The main objective of the scheme is to train students for appearing in NET or SET, so that sufficient number of candidates becomes available for selection of Assistant Professor in the College/University system from these groups.
   

Where to go and whom to contact for SC/ST Cell & Minority Cell

• The SC/ST Cell is located at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Room No. 109, Jubilee Building (1st Floor). Students are advised to contact Prof. Dr. S.S.Saha, Coordinator.
   
• The Minority Cell is situated at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Room No. 108, Jubilee Building (1st Floor). Students are advised to contact Prof. S.M.Gomes, Coordinator.
   
• Phone: (033) 22551277, E-Mail ID: scstminoritycell.sxccal@gmail.com