Dear Parents, Students and Other Stakeholders,
Kottakkal Farook Arts and Science College was established in the year 2005 as an unaided college affiliated to the University of Calicut under the management of a registered society namely FAROOK EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY that runs a few other govt. recognized unaided educational institutions under it since 1982. The College is recognized by UGC under section 2(f) of the UGC Act 1956. The college campus is easily accessible by well-connected roads from neighbourhood panchayats and from Kottakkal town. The main objective of the establishment of college was to offer admissions for those who aspire to have college education but were failing to get admissions in government colleges and aided colleges due to relatively lower marks. The college initially started with three undergraduate courses and at present offers eight undergraduate and two post graduate programmes. In 2021 (current year), a total of 1329 students are pursuing their education in various programmes and are well supported by young dedicated teaching faculty in all the departments. The number of teaching staff is 53 and non- teaching staff 20.
Our college has state of the art infrastructural facilities for educational dissemination. The college is having a good library, digital resource centre, one air-conditioned conference hall, one auditorium, 90 computers and accessories, four photocopying machines, 14 DLP projectors, water coolers, two inter-active panels, a spacious canteen, prayer centres and good play grounds for all popular games and sports. Counselling Centre and life skill education centre are the other facilities existing on the campus. The college administration is assisted and advised by the Governing Body, IQAC, Staff Council, Parent Teacher Association, Alumni Association and the student union.
The college has a Library with over 6000 titles in various disciplines. The library is linked to the UGC sponsored INFLIBNET, enabling on-line access to over 2500 national and international research journals. The college regularly conducts invited lectures by experts every year and inter-disciplinary seminars. The college delivers extension activities in the adopted village as well as in neighbourhoods by promoting scientific attitude in the villages. Our faculty and students visit villages as part of extension activities, interact with school children and elders and spread the message of environmental protection, energy saving, organic farming, and danger of plastic pollution etc. We also organise awareness and training programmes for the benefit of parents. Our NSS units and Women Empowerment cell, film club, eco-environment clubs and college student union are leading such extension, awareness activities.
The college aims at enabling the students to accept new challenges and inculcating value-based education. our college aims at the holistic development of the student community. College not only focuses on the theoretical curriculum, but also help in the development of a student personality, through extra-curricular, personality development activities and leadership promotions. Since its establishment, the college has been a reputed and socially responsible institution in academics, sports, and cultural fields. The college has systematic efforts to build excellence in teaching, learning, extension activities and employability of the students. In addition to offering traditional courses the college has taken Career Oriented Certificate Courses, add on and vocational education certificate courses of Tally. The college is training centre to offer various value-added courses and skill development programmes for the internal students and also to the public.
Clubs/ associations in the college conduct inter-collegiate competitions in the fields of Elocution, Debate, Quiz, Poster making, poetry recitation, Light Music, Mappilappattu and Kolkali. The Career and Counselling Cell, the Placement Cell, PSC coaching and remedial classes for the slow learners, deliver the right direction and training to students to develop their future. The students are encouraged to participate in the University Youth Festivals, Sports, Games and intellectual pursuits. The college gives every support to the college union and its associations to hold and conduct various cultural and literary activities and due regard is given to their organisational and leadership skills to develop their personality importance to the integral development of human personality. The organisation of recreational activities, departmental day celebrations, inter-departmental arts and games competitions, entrepreneurship club exhibitions, industrial visits, trucking conducted by NSS, Environment club, Onam and Christmas celebrations and Food festival etc. encourage leadership and organisational skill of the students. Our Career Guidance and Placement Cell assist students to gain immediate placement options. Our Alumni Association is lively offering scholarships to needy and deserving meritorious candidates to our students. Alumni association is holding get together and batchmates programmes recollecting their college experiences.
