Life at SXCA - POV of a fresher ????

NEP has been implemented. Curriculum is very relevant as per our course. The course is all practical. I've no issues with the way of teaching. The exams are conducted on moderate difficulty. Paper are checked and shown to students before the preparation of the marksheet.

This is Paawani Chattree , a student of BCA sem 1(2024) in st. Xavier's college, Ahemdabad. From this year itself the new education policy have been implemented and so BCA at our college is a four year course. Semester wise fees is inr 24,915. As BCA is a course that is concerned with computer practicals , we are provided with more than enough lab sessions. We can access the computers using the college ID . Apart from labs, we've been provided with 3 libraries which have books as well as computers for CS dept. students. The faculty we met in sem 1 is very very supportive in every manner. They teach well with full efforts. Notes are provided. Syllabus is completed on time(as of sem 1). The seniors are also very supportive. The environment of the college is also very good for girls. Canteen food is okayish. There is in campus college hostel for boys but there is no in campus college hostel for girls , it is about 1-1.5 kms away from college. The are PGs available near college students.

The college is hosting the GU youth fest this year. Another huge fest is xartfest . And there are more fun activities that are held regularly. The books and journals are accessible to all using the library card. And we can purchase journal in the lunch break. I already told everything about the labs. In the XICA library students can also use their own laptops. There is projector in each and every lecture room. There in the college, exists clubs related to mental health of the students. Mentoring sessions are also held. Women rest center is available. Pgop - personal growth and orientation programme is also held. VAC are must to do. The only cons is that there is no in campus hostel for girls . And there is no ac rooms in the hostel for both girls as well as boys.

I did not apply to any other colleges but I gave cuet exam. I chose this college because the surrounding area and ahemdabad is very safe and reachable for girls. The college environment is also very good. I did not get rejection from any other college as I did not wait for the cuet results and our college started very early. It was very fast with its admission process. The admission form gets out after the declaration of board results. We have to fill that form and wait for the 1st and following merit list. The list is based on class 10 and 12 scores. There is separate merit list for christian students.

I'm not well aware about the faculty to student ratio, maybe it is 1 teacher per 100 students. The best faculty in CS department is PROF. KHUSHBOO SHAH. She teaches so damn well that I can't express. She doesn't only focus on intelligent students, but also makes the weak ones understand each and every line of the code. I like her teaching method so very much. We can discuss any type of problem with her. She also gives life lessons to us. She conducts group activity in class to make everyone friendly with each other. She is the best. Talking about exams , in every sem there are CIA1 - theory CIA2- theory+ practical (internals) Final exams (external theory + practicals)