ASAP ( Additional Skill Acquisition Programme)

 

Launched in 2012, the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) under the Government of Kerala's Higher Education Department has a legacy of 8 years in the domain of skill development. ASAP has trained over two lakh students in Higher Secondary schools, Undergraduate colleges and Technical Education institutions of the State of Kerala. ASAP skill classes are different from the regular academic pedagogy offered in schools and colleges. ASAP has always foreseen changes and came up with proactive measures to create a skilled population in all emerging sectors. ASAPs novel intervention, Advanced Skill Development Centres (ASDCs) provides advanced futuristic skill courses in 111 Engineering and Polytechnic institutions across the State. The 16 Community Skill Parks (CSPs) established in all districts is a one stop destination for skill development with a purview to encourage community skilling keeping in mind the community aspirations. ASAP continues to put efforts in translating the requirements of the industry into skill programmes that will raise the standard of employability of the Kerala youth. ASAP seeks to equip the students to meet various challenges in the modern work place.
The college has been a recognised ASAP centre since 2014 and many students from the college have successfully completed the course. Our college has been one among the few colleges who took up the ASAP venture from the beginning.

Activities of ASAP (2019-20)

The classes for ASAP are conducted daily in the college from 8.15 am to 9.15 am. During the academic year 100 hours of classes for Communicative English and 80 hours for IT were engaged. Twenty eight students completed their course successfully. The classes were mentored by Smt Mothy Pratap

 

ASAP process

1. Orientation Programme
2. Call for Application
3. Interview
4. Announcing of Result
5. Parent's meeting
6. Foundation classes at College level
7. Skill classes at allotted centres

2019-2020 BATCH
List of Students

• Conducted an essay writing competition for the students on the occasion of World Skill Day on 15/07/2020. The topic was 'The Importance Of Skills For Youth'. VyshnaviGopan(BA first year, English)got first prize, Devipriya S (B.Sc first year, Botany) got second prize and Arunima A (B.Sc first year, Botany) got third prize
• ASAP students visited Pakalveedu on the occasion of Mother's Day.on 13/08/2020.They interacted with them and performed various cultural activities. They also visited SN Institute for Speech & Hearing pre-school and interacted with hearing impaired children and their parents.
• The ASAP team visited Community skill park at Kulakkada. on 21/09/2020 as a part of industrial visit. The students underwent training in various skill courses conducted by ASAP.
• The studentswere trained in making paper bags, paper pen and poster on 9/12/2019 & 10/12/2019. The topic of poster making was 'Women Empowerment'.
• As a part of their project work the students conducted a study on women enterprises in Kollam district on 5/2/2020 They interviewed about 30 women who had their own enterprises.

Anew batch of ASAP with 26 students has been started on 6/2/2020.

2019-2020 BATCH

Co-ordinator: Dr Reshma P P