OLD STUDENTS’ AND FRIENDS’ ASSOCIATION

At a meeting of the Old Students and Staff of the College held on the 28th of February 1969 a formal Constitution was adopted for the association.  The membership is open to the Old  Students, Staff and friends of the College.  The fee for life membership and donor membership are Rs. 500.00 and Rs. 1000.00 respectively.  We are glad that already several Old Students have accepted these memberships.  The annual membership fee is Rs. 10.00 but student who will be paying Rs. 40.00 at the completion of a course in the College would be considered members for six years.  It is encouraging that quite a large number of students have already enlisted themselves as members of the Association in this way and it is hoped that all the students completing any course of study in this College will become members of the Old Student’s Association before they leave the College.  The College expects that the Old Student’s Association will become a strong and effective link between the college and its many friends and Old Students.

Chapters of the Union Christian College Alumni Association have been formed at New Delhi, Madras, Bangalore, Ernakulam, Thiruvalla, Mavelikkara, Trivandrum , Kottayam and North Parur in India. Alumni Chapters of overseas countries include Kuwait, Baharain, Qatar(Doha), Oman(Muscat), UAE(Dubai,Abudhabi & Sharjah) in the Gulf area and NewYork/New Jersey, Washington, Chicago, Texas in USA. The response of alumni at these centres is very encouraging.

The Second Saturday of November every year is celebrated as the Old Students’ and Friends’ Reunion Day.

Ms. Jill Wason, Young adult volunteer of the Presbyterian Church USA joined U. C. College in September 2003. She has been assisting in the development of the college by trying to develop a database of the alumni in US and Canada. A registration form has been up linked on the website provided by Mr. Jacob Mathew.

PTA (Parent Teachers Association)

Parent teachers Association of U. C. College was constituted in the year 1990 according to the common Bye-laws put forwarded by Govt. of   Kerala. It is established on the principle that its functions are consultative and advisory.

PTA Activities

To  promote good relationship among the members of the teaching staff, students and guardians of the students. To institute scholarship prizes, medals etc; to students showing high proficiency in their studies to provide and ensure amenities to the students o f the college.

The Principal, and all the teaching Staff and the parents/Guardians of al the students on rolls of the college during an academic year shall be the members o f the association   and this constitute the general body. The General Body meets once in a year.

The administration of the association vested in an executive committee elected every year by the General Body. The Executive Committee consists of the president (Principal) vice-president (from parents), Secretary (from Teaching Staff) and members elected from both teaching and parent constituency. At an average the executive meeting were held annually.

Parents are encouraged to meet the staff members in order to facilitate co-operation and collaboration in our educational work. The Parent-Teacher Association shall ordinarily meet annually to transact business and to elect office bearers and committees.  In addition to the annual meeting, separate parent-teacher meetings are held for various classes.  The membership fee is collected during the time of admission.

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the college plays a major role in the progress and development of the institution. Conducting orientation programmes for the new-comers, conducting  internal examinations and terminal examinations, holding open house programmes, campus beautification, modernization of toilets, installing water purifiers, assisting the departments for holding seminars, supporting the college union activities etc. are some of the activities of the PTA. Another major project of the PTA in the current academic year is the establishment of a career guidance centre, offering full time service to the students.