The SIGMA – Student Integrated Grievance and Messaging Application Portal was reviewed in detail. Principals were encouraged to enhance student registration and effective utilisation.

A major announcement was the upcoming launch of SCALE – Student Connect for Academic Leverage and Excellence initiative, to be implemented in every Government Degree College. SCALE will provide structured outreach and guidance on NEP-2020, academic progression pathways and career planning.

Developmental works across colleges were also reviewed, and Principals were advised to ensure regular monitoring and close coordination with executing agencies.

The way forward focused on academic discipline, availability of comprehensive time-tables on institutional websites, systematic maintenance of academic records and preparedness for academic audits and quality enhancement exercises.

The Director Colleges emphasised that college staff are the real knowledge deliverers and the strongest drivers of institutional quality, calling upon all teaching and non-teaching personnel to collectively pitch in for academic excellence.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelPrincipals were also advised to prioritise genuine service-related and workplace concerns, recognising that a motivated workforce is central to sustaining quality education. The Director emphasised the need to prioritize the overall welfare of students, underscoring the point that an Informed Student is an Empowered student.

Concluding the meeting, the Director Colleges urged all Principals to collectively own the Department’s mission by reinforcing student-centric governance, transparency and accountability, so that Government Degree Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir emerge as vibrant centers of academic excellence and societal transformation.(KNS)