SHINE(Outreach Program)

(STUDENTS HUMAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEIGHBOURHOOD EMPOWERMENT)

Experiential learning is one of the many innovative educational strategies that the Jesuits employ around the world to 'give total human formation of mind, heart and body. Loyola College, Mettala is committed to serving neighbouring villages and their people by inspiring its students to give back to the society what they learn in classrooms. And outreach Programme SHINE (STUDENTS HUMAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEIGHBOURHOOD EMPOWERMENT) facilitates mutual learning.

Outreach is called 'Service Learning'. Students of our College are exposed to neighbourhood villages with the twin objective of learning and serving. SHINE helps our students to understand Socio-Economic-Cultural-Religious-Political environment in which they live and struggle. In the process of learning they also serve the society.

Through SHINE our students visit neighbouring villages, meet the people, share their learning with them. They also take up activities such as awareness on health and Education, Environmental cleanliness, Capacitating or Training Youth and Women on Vocations Skills, Career guidance to children, assisting needy people to get social sector Govt. Schemes etc.

Specific details are given below:

SHINE is a one credit compulsory extension programme for all the second year Under Graduation students, the programme was inaugurated on 13. 12. 2019 . First ever SHINE field visit was held on 15. 2. 2020 (Saturday) between 10 AM and 2.00 PM.

• 1. Name of the programme : Outreach Programme
• 2. Qualified Students : 2nd year students (All departments)
• 3. No. of Students who would undergo outreach : 343
• 4. No. of Hours of Service Learning : 20 Hrs
• Major activities through Outreach : Data Collection, Awareness, Cultural activities,
  Sports promotional activities,
  Environmental Cleanliness,
  Medical Camp
• 5. Target Villages : Oilpatty, Andikuttai, Urambu, TG Pudhur,
  Moolapallipatti (Maadha Kovil Street),
  Moolapallipatti (Kuzhanthai Yesu Theru), Petta,
  Ariyagoundampatt
• 6. Monitoring & Reporting : Outreach team along with a staff in charge from each department would monitor village visit.
  Each Students has to submit a report
  in the prescribed format mentioning briefly their learning's.
  Department of Commerce - Urambu

ORIENTATION TO II YEAR STUDENTS

Four students from each department shared their experience gained during their field visit. Following are the major highlights:

i. There was a clear difference between learning at on-campus and at off-campus scenarios.
ii. Old age parents were abandoned in villages at considerable numbers.

iii. Hospitality of people in villages was remarkable.

iv. Drinking water problem in general and water scarcity, sanitation issues noticed.
v. Some villages lacked proper transportation facility, roads were not well laid.

vi. Awareness on education is lacking among rural people.

vii. Many villagers had gone for work so we could actually interact less number of people

viii. Prevalence of child marriage exists in villages.

ix. Visit to Anganwadi was really useful as far as the condition of preschool in villages is concerned.

Through SHINE Students are motivated to become socially responsible citizens to be sensitive to the need of disadvantaged sections of the society the college has adopted 10 villages from different Panchayat Unions. Each village is allotted to a department for involvement, interactions,& offer needed services. Students are taken to these villages to become aware of the socio, economic and cultural background of the people. Such a awareness of motivates the students to reach out ,to help the people in need

Learning Outcomes:

1. Students were given the opportunity of meeting the villagers.
2. They also studiedthe economic and social stateof the village.
3. They analyzed the way of farming of thevillage.
4. Students were given privilege of teaching in the primaryschools.
5. They also taught the children of Anganwadi in the respective villages
6. They also studied the educational state of the village.
7. They were also given ways of cattle caring.
8. They analyzed the basic facilities of the villages.
9. They interacted with the daily wagers about their income.
10. They studied the state of various goods vendors.