Smt. C. H. M. College is
a linguistic Minority (Sindhi) College established in 1965 at
Ulhasnagar, which has worked incessantly since its inception
to provide quality education to the citizens of the enterprising,
partition afflicted Sindhi community of Ulhasnagar. It has contributed
to the welfare of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the
College and created a viable intellectual climate and provided
opportunities for higher education in conventional and professional
streams. The College caters to all, without considerations of
caste, creed and religion. But since more than 60% of the students
belong to the Sindhi community, they emerge as the main beneficiaries.
Additional
efforts are made by the College to promote Sindhi cultural values
among the students and staff members, and to promote educational
excellence and instill, promote and encourage research among the
members of the Sindhi community. This ensures that they contribute
not merely to the growth of Sindhi culture and values, but also
take their rightful place of pride in the competitive global environment.
The promotional
activities for Students and Staff members of the Sindhi community
undertaken by the College can be classified as follows.
Academic
- Students:
Promotion
of Sindhi Language and Literature: Smt CHM College
is the only college of the HSNC Board which offers Sindhi as Major
Subject at the Bachelor Of Arts Degree. Students who offer Sindhi
as a Major subject at B.A. level are provided free education from
First year B.A. to Third Year B.A. Further, the College also encourages
and sponsors these students to join M.A. in Sindhi.
These efforts
have borne fruit, and in the last five years the enrolment for
T.Y.B.A. (Sindhi) has increased considerably. About 25% students
joining M.A. course in Sindhi at the University of Mumbai are
those who have passed T.Y.B.A. Sindhi from Smt. C. H. M. College.
One of the students of the College topped the University Merit
list in Sindhi Literature in 2007-2008 and our students figure
consistently in the Merit list. Many of the students figuring
in the merit list of the University examinations in the TYBA,
TYBMM and TYB Com classes are from the Sindhi community..
Enrolment
of Sindhi Students:
Efforts are
made to increase the enrollment of the students from the Sindhi
Community. Since 2000, the enrollment of the Sindhi Community
has risen substantially from 3317 in 2000 to 4167 in 2009. Since
many Sindhi student who join the College come from vernacular
schooling, consistent efforts are made to enhance their academic
and English language skills.
The efforts
for academic excellence and special attention towards Sindhi students
have paid rich dividends to the enrollment of Sindhi students
not only in numbers but also in terms of quality. Even with substantial
increase in enrollment of students from the Sindhi community,
the cut off percentage at the time of admission in Junior College
has also improved. In 2001-02 students of Sindhi Community with
58% was getting admission to XI Science and with 51% getting admission
to XI Commerce in Smt. CHM College whereas in 2009-10 it increased
to 71% and 72.5% in XI Science and XI Commerce respectively.
Remedial
Coaching Degree College:
The College
applied for and received grants from the UGC for Remedial Coaching
for the students of the Minority Community under X Plan and Remedial
coaching sessions were conducted for the students of Sindhi community
in the subjects of Chemistry, Economics and English. The process
is continued in XI plan also. More than 200 Sindhi students have
benefited from this scheme.
Academic
- Teachers:
Research:
Acquiring Research experience and qualifications is essential
for the growth of Teaching Staff. Continuous efforts are made
by the College to encourage teachers towards achieving excellence
in research. As a result of these consistent efforts, in the past
07 years, 32 teachers have acquired the Ph.D. degree, out of which
06 have been from the Sindhi community. A total of 15 UGC / University
of Mumbai sponsored Minor Research projects have been sanctioned
and to the Teaching Staff from Sindhi community and they have
32 publications to their credit.
Cultural Values:
To propagate
and inculcate Sindhi Cultural values among the students belonging
to Sindhi Community, programmes are organized within college and
outside by teachers for students and Teachers for the community.
During all
major College programs Sindhi cultural programmmes are organized
to have better reach to the Sindhi and other community students.
The Sindhi Sahit Sangat regularly organizes Sindhi cultural propagation
programs like baharana, chej, Lado, Bhagat, Bhajans, processions
etc. on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Chahha Sindhu Vaswani
birth anniversary etc.
Prominent
Sindhi cultural programs are also organized during Diwarli Utsav
at Shantivan, Bhajan Prabhat at Convocation Hall, University of
Mumbai / Rajabai Tower, University of Mumbai / Goal Maidan, Ulhasngar
on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti / Shahid Divas.
Social
Values:
Seminars on Sindhi Culture, Literature and propagation of language
are organized on a regular basis independently, and in association
with local organizations like Akhil Bharat Sindhi Boli Aur Sahit
Sabha, Sindhi Youth Circle etc. Prominent Sindhi Community academicians
graced the occasion with their presence.
Sindhi Films
like “Parewari” “Jhulelal’ and awakening
have also been screened which enlisted a good response from the
students and teachers of Sindhi community. Workshops on Sindhi
Folk Theatre and Sindhi Folk Arts are being organized for the
students.
The initiatives
of the College in the academic, social and cultural promotion
of Sindhi language, literature and culture has created an atmosphere
in which the Sindhi community can take justifiable pride and helped
it to carve a niche for itself on the local, national and global
levels. |