Teachers are an indispensable part of all educational institutions, owing to the crucial role they play in imparting knowledge and honing the minds of students for a variety of challenges. St Xavier’s College, Ranchi prides itself on having highly proficient teaching faculty who strive relentlessly towards upholding the values and beliefs of the institution. The faculty works towards creating an environment that is conducive to learning, by adeptly disciplining students and guiding them towards the right path for a brighter future.
The faculty members of St. Xavier’s College have consistently proven their excellence and outstanding merit through their academic achievements and endeavours. Their research performance, teaching abilities and their valuable contribution to higher education have set an example for all. Apart from this, their earnest curiosity, determination and academic interests have driven them to achieve new milestones.
It is the institution’s constant endeavour to enhance and improve the teaching-learning process, by adopting innovative pedagogical methods. Every teacher is encouraged to combine traditional and innovative methods of teaching and learning. Although the teacher’s role is central in controlling and directing the activity involved in a pedagogical method, emphasis is laid on the experiences and experiments of the learners too. Subject specific research for students, simulation games, role plays, case study analysis, rural camps, rural exposure programmes, social visits, internship programmes, articleship programmes and industrial visits are some of the many innovative pedagogical methods adopted.
The faculty members of the college, in collaboration with industry experts and academicians of repute, are involved in development and revision of the curriculum for the programmes. The faculty bring in their teaching and research experience to develop and revise the curriculum,, and frame the syllabus. It is ensured that the curriculum matches the global standards and also satisfies the requirement of the industry. A holistic approach is taken in developing the curriculum which involves the three main objectives of the college: academic excellence, character formation and social concern.
The objective of the college is to find ways to extend the horizons of knowledge. As knowledge becomes specialized, it also becomes interdisciplinary in nature due the influence that disciplines have over each other in furthering research. The curriculum for all the commerce and business administration courses require students to do core papers in their respective fields of study. Apart from the core papers, students are offered open elective papers from other fields of study, including theatre arts and literature. This allows students to learn from different fields and blend them, to develop an understanding of the world we live in. Some of the core papers are also redesigned as interdisciplinary papers to enrich the understanding of the subjects.
Research orientation is included in the curriculum for the bachelor and master degrees. The Research Centre of the college, along with the subject teachers, guide and mentor the undergraduate and postgraduate students in research work. Research methodology paper is taught and as part of the curriculum, students are motivated to take up independent research projects. Student research in the form of case study and research papers are compiled, edited and published by the college.