SPC Cells
Walk With Scholar (WWS)
Walk with a Scholar Programme (WWS) is part of the ‘New Initiatives’ in Higher Education by the
Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala. This programme aims at imparting personalized
additional support to advanced learners among the students. Such students are identified through
their academic scores and their Entry Level Test results. Every year 30 students are selected from the
first year UG batch making the total number of students under the scheme 90 during an academic
year. These students are offered enrichment programmes that go beyond the standard curriculum,
providing them with opportunities for deeper exploration of topics, research projects, or advanced
coursework.
The academic performance of these students is continuously monitored through the mentors
provided to them. They are given internal mentoring session by the mentors and are also given
classes of external resource persons on Saturdays or other holidays, from various areas of excellence
chosen by the WWS co-ordinator. Visits to academic institutions of excellence like autonomous
colleges or IITs and NITs are also arranged as part of their experiential learning.
Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala. This programme aims at imparting personalized
additional support to advanced learners among the students. Such students are identified through
their academic scores and their Entry Level Test results. Every year 30 students are selected from the
first year UG batch making the total number of students under the scheme 90 during an academic
year. These students are offered enrichment programmes that go beyond the standard curriculum,
providing them with opportunities for deeper exploration of topics, research projects, or advanced
coursework.
The academic performance of these students is continuously monitored through the mentors
provided to them. They are given internal mentoring session by the mentors and are also given
classes of external resource persons on Saturdays or other holidays, from various areas of excellence
chosen by the WWS co-ordinator. Visits to academic institutions of excellence like autonomous
colleges or IITs and NITs are also arranged as part of their experiential learning.
Objectives of Walk with a Scholar Programme (WWS)
Walk with a Scholar Programme (WWS) functions with an aim to achieve to provide adequate
support to advanced learners to realise their ample potential. They are given individualised attention
through internal mentors who through frequent interaction become their friend, guide and
companion in life.
The programme has a college level co-ordinator, internal mentors and external trainers. The internal
mentoring sessions in concerned subjects are handled by the internal mentors and external
mentoring sessions in learning skills, communication skills, motivational sessions, career options and
entrepreneurial options are taken by external mentors.
Administrative Set-up
Dr. Renu Susan Samuel
Dept. Economics
