4. Indian Community
College System
(1995 - 2007)

5. Theme:
Global Partnerships for Economic
Development
Category:
Developing paths for accessibility and
success for disadvantaged student

6. The Philosophy
of the
Community
College System

7. Merit is an opportunity given to
those who otherwise will not
have an opportunity especially
the disadvantaged and the
underprivileged.

8. Education involves three components
1. Information (30%)
2. Attitude (40%)
3. Skills (30%)
This is the proportion followed in the
Community College System.

9. Excellence is tapping the untapped
potential in the individuals and providing
them the space and atmosphere to
blossom and flowerforth.
Transforming the different types of
disadvantages into advantages.

10. Vision of the
Community College

11. Vision of the Community College –
Empowerment of the disadvantaged
The Community Colleges aim at the liberation and
empowerment of the exploited and deprived groups
of society by releasing and developing the sources
within, middle level skills development and
facilitating self – actualisation. This would lead to
restoring the human right to education denied to
them and will also show their way to earn their
livelihood. The Community College System is
education for livelihood.

12. As an Alternative
System of Education

13. Alternative System of Education
• The Community College as an alternative system has
been established in India from 1995-2007.
• The inspiration and model has been taken from
U.S.A.
• The system has helped more than 50,000 young men
and women from disadvantaged sections of society.
• ICRDCE, Chennai is a coordinating agency that has
been actively propagating the concept.
• The Community College Movement coincides and
vibrates with the Common Minimum Programme of
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of
India.

14. The Concept of
Community College

15. The Concept
• Alternative System of Education.
• Making people fit for life and fit for
job.
• Empowerment through appropriate
skills development.
• Serving the Urban Poor, Rural Poor,
Tribal Poor and Women.

16. The Concept
• Socially, Economically and
Educationally disadvantaged groups.
• Collective Community effort with
industrial partnership leading to
gainful employment.
• No Age Bar and Minimum
Qualification.

17. The Concept
• Training for Self-Employment.
• Eligibility for Employment.
• Holistic Education.
• Community College - Of, By, For the
Community.
• Formation of Responsible Citizens.

18. The Concept
• Job-Oriented, Work Related, Skill Based
and Life Coping Education.
• Access, Flexibility, Cost-Effectiveness,
Equal Opportunity and Quality in
training and education.
• Responsive to Local Employment Needs
and Social Needs.

19. National Scenario

20. National Scenario
The Community College Movement has
become a National Phenomenon spreading its
wings to many states of India. We have 213
Community Colleges in 19 states of India.
• Tamil Nadu - 125
• Pondicherry - 04
• Delhi - 02
• Andhra Pradesh - 10
• Gujarat - 02

21. National Scenario
• Karnataka - 24
• Kerala - 12
• Jharkhand - 09
• Maharashtra - 04
• Uttarakand - 01
• Chhattisgarh - 03
• Goa - 02
• Madhya Pradesh - 05

22. National Scenario
• Orissa - 03
• Himachal Pradesh - 01
• West Bengal - 01
• Haryana - 02
• Punjab - 01
• Uttar Pradesh - 02
•TOTAL - 213

23. Madurai Community College

24. Devakottai Amala Annai Community College

25. Don Bosco Community College

26. Ertram Rural Community College

27. St. Mary’s Community College

28. Dr. Chandran Devanesen Rural Community College

29. Dr. Chandran Devanesen Rural Community College

30. Loyola Community College, Ranipet

31. Total Number of Students
45,156
from 165 Community
Colleges.

32. Total No: of Students
Year Total No. of Students
1996 – 1997 174
1997 – 1998 204
1998 – 1999 577
1999 – 2000 1,815
2000 – 2001 2,282
2001 – 2002 2,933
2002 – 2003 3,840
2003 – 2004 4,815
2004 – 2005 6,969
2005 – 2006 10,244
2006 – 2007 11,303
Total 45,156

33. The unique achievement
of the Community
Colleges

34. Target Group Served:
Male - 11,195 25%
Female - 33,961 75%
Married - 3,649 08%
Unmarried - 41,507 92%
Age
16-18 - 17,182 38%
19-21 - 18,101 40%
22-25 - 5,930 14%
26-30 - 2,434 5%
31-34 - 1,047 2%
35 –above - 462 1%

35. Dr. Chandran Devanesen Community College,
Tamilnadu.

36. Vidhyadeep Community College, Gujarat

37. Qualification
Below 10th - 7,194 16%
10th Passed - 11,235 25%
12th Passed - 23,681 52%
Degree - 3,046 7%
Caste
SC (Schedule Caste) - 11,631 26%
ST (Schedule Tribe) - 3,613 8%
MBC (Most Backward Caste) - 6,955 15%
BC (Backward Caste) - 18,332 41%
OC (Other Caste) - 4,625 10%

38. Veda Mari Community College, Villupuram, Tamilnadu

39. Monthly Family Income
Below Rs.1,000 - 15,986 26%
Rs.1,001 – Rs.2,000 - 16,420 36%
Rs.2,001 – Rs.3,000 - 7,804 17%
Rs.3,001 – above - 4,946 11%
Religions
Hindus - 24,991 55%
Christians - 18,657 41%
Muslims - 1,476 03%
Buddhism - 32 01%
Job Placements 75%
Higher Education 15%

40. Montfort Community College, Lachragarh, Jharkhand

41. Madurai Community College, Tamilnadu

42. Community and
Industrial Partnership

43. Community College - Industrial
Collaboration
• Success of Community College - Active
dynamic ongoing Industrial, Rural,
Agricultural, Commercial and Service
organisations of the locality.
• Five Ways of Assistance
• Designing the Curriculum for various
job oriented courses

44. Community College - Industrial
Collaboration
• Serving as members of the Advisory
Board.
• Being part time instructors for teaching
and assessment in the college.
• On the job training for the students in
the work place.

45. Community College - Industrial
Collaboration
• Job placement for students.
• Memorandum of Understanding with
employers.
• Representatives in the Governing Body
of the college.

46. The Curriculum of a
Community College

47. The Curriculum of a Community College
TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS
Category Programme Weeks Hours Credits
Part – I Life Skills 21 630 Hours 21 Credits
Part – II Work Skills 21 630 Hours 21 Credits
Part – Internship and Hands on 8 390 Hours 13 Credits
III Experience
Part – IV Preparation for 2 60 Hours 2 Credits
Employment and
Evaluation
TOTAL 52 1710 57 Credits
Weeks Hours
One Credit = 30 Hours of Work

48. Courses Conducted by
the Community Colleges

49. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Part I – Life Skills
a. Life Coping Skills.
b. Interpersonal Relations and
Communication skills.
c. Basic Computer Applications.
d. Developmental English.

50. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Part II – Diploma Courses
Computer Based Course
1. DTP Operator.
2. Computer System Technology.
3. Tally Accounting / Computerised Financial
Accounting.
4. Computer Hardware Maintenance.
5. Information Technology.

51. Computer Software

52. Computer
Hardware

53. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Allied Health Courses
6. Health Assistant / Nursing Assistant.
7. Medical Lab Technology.
8. Medical Radiographic Assistant.
9. Clinical Nutrition.
10. Physiotheraphy.
11. Veterinary Health Assistant.
12. Yoga and Health Science.

54. Nursing Assistant

55. Medical Lab Technology

56. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Technical Courses
13. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Technician.
14. House Electrician.
15. Four Wheeler Mechanism.
16. Plumbing Technology.
17. Two Wheeler Mechanism.

57. FOUR WHEELER MECHANISM

58. Automobile Technology

59. AIR CONDITIONING

60. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Technical Courses
18. Printing Technology.
19. Leather Technology.
20. Carpentry.
21. Welding.
22. Masonry.

61. WELDING

62. MASONRY
Montfort Community College, Lachragarch

63. CARPENTRY

64. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Technical Courses
23. Radio & Television repair and
maintenance.
24. Small Home Appliance Services and
Repair.
25. Electronics and Electrical.
26. Fitter.
27. Motor Mechanism.

65. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Agro Based Course
28. Crop Plant Maintenance.
29. Sustainable Agriculture Workers.
30. Integrated Farm Development.
31. Agro farming.
32. Naattu Vaidhyam.
33. Rural Marketing.
34. Orchids and Anthurium Cultivation.
35. Vermi Composting.

66. AGRICULTURE

67. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FISHERY GOATRY
INCOME GENERATING CULTIVATION PIGRY
RURAL COMPUTER CONECTIVITY HEALTH CARE
Montfort Rural Community College, Lachragarch

68. TRAINING IN VERMICOMPOST PRODUCTION

70. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Service Oriented Courses
36. Sales and Marketing.
37. Travel Management.
38. Office Management and Secretaryship.
39. Cargo Management.
40. Hotel Management/ Catering Assistant.
41. Bakery and Confectionery.
42. Food Processing/ Food Preservation.

71. Bakery and Confectionery

72. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Service Oriented Courses
43. House Keeping.
44. Beautician and Health Care.
45. Tailoring and Embroidery/ Fashion Designing
& Garment Making.
46. Small Business Development.

73. Beautician and
Health Care

74. Courses Conducted by the
Community Colleges
Service Oriented Courses
47. Pre School Teacher/ Early Childhood Care
Education.
48. Multipurpose Rural Development Worker.
49. Micro Credit Management/ Community
Enterprises.
50. Industrial and Labour Relations.

75. PRE PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING

76. Efforts at
Recognition

77. Efforts at Recognition
• The Community College System has been working
successfully with 75% Job Placement without getting
Recognition from any Approved Educational Bodies of
the Country. However most of the Community
Colleges felt there is the need for Recognition from
the State and Central Governments to facilitate the
horizontal mobility and the vertical mobility of the
students of the Community College. The ICRDCE has
conducted Eleven Consultations to further this
cause. It is for the first time in the educational history
of the country, the agencies that run Community
Colleges have devised Self-Regulatory and
Autonomous Guidelines to ensure credibility and
accountability of the system.

78. Indian Centre for Research and Development of Community Education,
(ICRDCE), Egmore, Chennai.

79. ICRDCE – Documentation Section

80. National Consultation on Community College System in India,
New Delhi
27th, 28th and 29th of March 2001

81. Efforts at Recognition
• The ICRDCE has succeeded in influencing the State
and Central Governments for Recognition and
Accreditation of the system and for Student
Centered Funding. The issue of Accreditation was
examined closely by the NIOS, New Delhi at the
direction of the MHRD, Government of India, New
Delhi. The NIOS has given accreditation so far to 18
Community Colleges in the country. Tamil Nadu
Open University has recognised 96 Community
Colleges in Tamilnadu and it has extended its
recognition to the Community Colleges in other
States of India and YCMOU, Nashik has given
recognition to Community Colleges from this
academic year (2007 – 2008).

82. .
Fifth National Consultation held at M.O.P. Vaishnav College on
28th of August 2006.

83. Union Planning Commission
Mention in the document of the Tenth five-year
Plan:
•“There should be focus on convergence of
schemes like the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,
Adult Education and Vocational Education
Programme at Schools, ITIs, Polytechnics,
Community Colleges etc.”
(Tenth Five Year Plan (2002 -2007), Chapter 2.4 Vocational Education p.51)

84. Union Planning Commission
Mention in the document of the Eleventh five-
year Plan:
• The Community College is an alternative system of education, aimed t
helping the poor – urban, rural and tribal and women to find gainful
employment in collaboration with the local industry and the community. The
system is ‘of’ the community, ‘for’ the community and ‘by’ the community to
produce responsible citizens. The Community college promotes job-oriented,
work related, skill based and life coping education. A Community College is a
comprehensive institution of higher education, offering educational programs
at post secondary school level, which includes courses in occupational and
technical fields and continuing education, to meet the workforce needs of the
region in which the college is located and also offering ‘bridge’ courses. The
Community College is the need of the hour.

85. Union Planning Commission
It provides education for a livelihood. It responds to the
challenges of exclusion and elimination from the formal system,
mismatch between education and employment capability,
poverty, and problems of unemployment, under-employment,
unemployment, under – employment, unemployability and
school dropouts. The unique achievement of the Community
College has been the empowerment of the socially, economically
and educationally backward sections of society in the last 10
years. The following measures are recommended: -

86. Union Planning Commission
 National recognition for the Community College system is required.
Vertical mobility of the community College students through the Open Universities
and Conventional Universities with the three tier system: Diploma, Associate Degree
and Degree
Funds, Stipends and Scholarships should be provided to the disadvantaged sections
of society especially SC/ST/BC/MBC/Women/Minorities.
Central Placement Cells should be set up on collaboration with Confederation of
Indian Industries and Chambers of Commerce.
Community Colleges should be established in educationally backward districts with
emphasis on soft skills development. Setting up the Community Colleges can go a
long way for correcting regional imbalance in the system of Higher Education
Institutions of repute can adopt neighboring villages and open Community
Colleges to promote vocational / skills training and pre college training /
bridge courses.

87. Eighteenth Teachers Training Programme for the Teachers of Community
Colleges in India and Africa held at Asha Nivas, Chennai.
4th to 9th of June 2007

88. Community College –
Different from other Systems
of Vocational Education

89. Community College – Different form other
Systems of Vocational Education
There are various formal systems of Vocational
Education in operation in India such as:
 Apprenticeship Training.
 Plus Two Vocational System in Schools.
 Industrial Technical Institutes (ITI).
 Community Polytechnics.
 Vocationalisation of first-degree level
education at the collegiate level.

90. Community College – Different form other
Systems of Vocational Education
Differences:
 Aiming at the Employability of the individual trained.
 A system to declare competency level and duly certify
the same.
 Promoting Strong Industrial linkage in terms of
articulation of skills, requirements of the industries.
 Teaching of Life Skills, Communication Skills and
English.
 Evaluation and Assessment of Skills.
 Personal, Social, Language, Communication, Work
and Creative skills.
 Lessens the burden of Higher Education.

91. IID Community Colleges Graduation 2007 at
Kamarajar Arangam, Chennai. 29th of June 2007.
Dr. K. Ponmudi, Minister of Higher Education Congratulating
C. Pugazhandan, a tsunami survivor from Karikal.
Indian Express, Chennai 30th of June 2007.

92. Release of the Book “ Reaching Beyond”
At Kamarajar Arangam, Chennai 29th of June 2007
Dr. K. Ponmudi, Minister of Higher Education, Release of the
Book “Reaching Beyond” at Chennai.

93. Gold Medalists of TNOU, 2005 - 2006
Ms. Jayalakshmi, Mr. Raj Kumar Ms. Santhanamari,
Ertram Rural Community College Sivagangai Community College Jeevan Rural Community College
Ms. Maria Rosali
Sacred Heart Community College
Mr. Judes Mr. Pastinraj Mr. Subramanian
Palayamkottai Community College St. Joseph’s Community College Ertram Rural Community College

94. Inspiration
I made a true estimate of my own
ability, then raised it 50 percent and
put myself in God’s hands. In this
partnership, I have always received
all the power I needed and, in fact,
have actually felt it flowing through
me.
Today, I can affirm that the
Kingdom of God is within you in the
form of this power, to help achieve
your goal and realise your dreams.
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
President of India