In yet another step revamping its functioning, Jamshedpur Women’s College has started transforming its admission process into a virtual system. The college caters to 6,000 students in and around the city has started bracing new technology. As per the new system standing in a long queue to submit admission forms will soon be a thing of past. An operation manual has been uploaded on the website to help students understand the process.
The college, which has received a conditional autonomous status from the UGC for the second time, have started its MEd admission, one of the first course to conduct admissions online. The entire application process will be through online which will ensure the speedy, error free processing of the applications. Sources also informed that along with MEd, add on courses like banking and human rights and duties and value education admission links have also been uploaded on the Jamshedpur Women’s College’s automated system, the link to which can be found on the college website — www.jsrwomenscollege.ac.in.
“We are adopting modern technology to provide better services to our students. Earlier girls used to stand in queues for long hours under the scorching sun. The online system will help students apply at ease without standing in queues. The students when they register will automatically get a user id and password which can be used to track their application status,” said a faculty member of the Jamshedpur Women’s College.
As per the new the system, after the user id and password, candidates will have to upload their passport size photograph. The acknowledgement receipt and the challan will be used to pay at the Bank of Baroda’s Women’s College branch which will complete the process. From June onwards, students interested to apply for UG courses and vocational courses will also have to apply online as the college will soon upload the entire admission process on its website.
It may be noted that Jamshedpur Women’s College was established in 1953 with aim to provide the women of Jamshedpur a platform to shape their careers and lives. With time were the demands of the society and the nation grew and changed. The college, a constituent unit of Kolhan University, has been conferred ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ and ‘Conferment of Autonomous Status’ by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. It offers UG, PG, several vocational and add-on courses and BEd programmes.