" Disciplined and value based quality higher education is the main focus of St. Xavier's College." Education in the modern world is no longer merely the imparting of knowledge but it is concerned with the awakening of curiosity, the development of proper interests, attitudes and values and the capacity to think and judge for oneself, without which one cannot become a responsible citizen of the nation. Our Formation of a new generation of students through quality higher education will enable them to be torch bearers to transform the society and the nation.
To achieve the above goals, students of St. Xavier’s College are provided with ample opportunities to engage in curricular and co-curricular activities. We strive hard with pure and chastened spirit, patience, understanding, sympathy, forbearance, generosity, fortitude and above all with relentless determination.
Our pivotal emphasis is on all round personality development of the students. We achieve this by providing contextualized study curriculum which is given through diversified academic activities focusing on entrepreneurial skills, leadership quality, management skill, team spirit, communication and presentation skills, creativity etc., whereby students are well equipped and ready to plunge into the competitive world. Based on the selected subjects, different classes are organized. Seminars, national conferences, sports meet, art and craft competitions, etc. are conducted and the winners are awarded. National days and diverse cultural festivals are celebrated to promote unity in diversity. I envisage that our students uphold the value of unity in diversity and become builders of our great country.
Internships, field trips, educational tours, science fair and mini research projects are arranged for the students to generate and address critical questions about the knowledge acquired in class rooms. Field Trips and Excursions are conducted to provide first-hand experience to the students. Seminars are conducted to widen the knowledge of the students. The primary objective is to equip the students with new knowledge, new skills, new understanding and new learning habits with a positive approach through regular classes, and various programs such as mentor-mentee, remedial classes for slow learners, coaching for competitive exams etc. Faculty members and students are encouraged to attend seminars and workshops conducted by other reputed colleges and universities.
Our higher education aims at wiping away the four calumnies of fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear and I believe that this will transform today’s human society and bring change and newness in life. As the head of this Jesuit higher educational institution, I look forward and strive hard towards the integral growth of our students to foster harmony and peace between human beings and with the eco-system.
This higher educational institution has gained a reputation for itself as it rejects the theory of ignoble ease and promotes the doctrine of strenuous life among hundreds of students who pass through the portals of the college.
I dream and dare mighty things as I believe that without daring dreams life becomes slothful. The doctrine of strenuous life has the power to hold the college administration on its toes to erase all slothful ease that spring from lack of dream, lack of goals and lack of will power to strive after great things. The doctrine of strenuous life is capable of reading the signs of the time and responding to them by taking calculated risks and varied actions. As Swami Vivekananda said, “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in human”, education is human-making, life-giving and character-building, therefore ‘arise, awake and stop not till the goal is achieved’.
