SPECIFIC NORMS & STANDARDS FOR INITIAL (FIRST YEAR) AFFILIATION OF
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATION (MCA) INSTITUTION/ PROGRAMMES
S.No. |
Parameters |
Norms & Standards for the first year of Institution |
Remarks |
1. |
Teaching Staff (student : staff ration |
10:1 |
·
Director/Principal
should have been appointed/ identified ·
There
should be at least one Professor and one Reader amongst the teaching staff ·
Remaining
staff may be Lecturers ·
All
staff to have qualifications and experience as prescribed by the AICTE |
2. |
Library Staff |
-
One
Assistant Librarian -
One
Library Assistant |
Assistant
Librarian and Library Assistant to be appointed as per Q & E and in pay
scale as prescribed by the Vishwavidyalaya |
3. |
Computer Center Staff |
-
One
System Analyst -
2
Programmers -
2
Computer Operators |
·
System
Analyst to be of Assistant Professor rank ·
Rank
and Q & E of programmer and computer operator to be prescribed |
4. |
Administrative Staff |
-
1
Administrative Officer -
1
Office Superintendent and adequate office/ Allied Staff |
·
Institutions
may have contracted security and housekeeping services for academic and
administration areas. ·
Hostels
should also be provided with contracted security and housekeeping ·
Hostels
with kitchen should have cooks and other kitchen and dining room staff. Cooking and dining room services may also
be contracted, perhaps to the group managing the canteen in the Institution. |
5. |
Land
Area ·
Within
DDA/MCD limits ·
Outside
DDA/MCA limits ·
Rural |
0.50 acres 1.25 acres 2.50 acres |
Total
land area for permanent site of the Institution required should be in clear
possession of the Society and should be in a single plot. |
6. |
Built
Space (Academic) a) Class Rooms |
Carpet area @ 1.3 sqm carpet area per student both for
class rooms and tutorial rooms |
·
There
should be one classroom and 2 tutorial rooms. ·
The
distance between the blackboard and the first row of students should not be
less than 3 meters (about 10 ft.) ·
Blackboards
should be of adequate size and of good quality (made of glass or plastic
coated) ·
Lighting
and fans should be adequate and in working conditions ·
Audio-visual
equipment such as OHP, slide projector, TV, VCP/VCR, VCD player, etc. should
be permanently installed in the classroom. |
|
b) Central
Library |
Carpet area of 100 sqm. |
·
Reading
room and stack area should be separated from each other ·
Lighting
and fans should be adequate and in working condition. |
|
c) Computer
Centre |
100 sqn carpet area during the First Year |
·
There
should be glass cabin for computer centre staff. ·
The
Center should be well lighted and air-conditioned. ·
UPS
should be located outside the Center. |
7. |
Built
Space (carpet area
in sqm) for (Teaching Staff & Administrative Offices) Faculty
Rooms |
10 each |
There
should one room for each full-time faculty.
It is desirable to have a room also for visiting faculty |
|
·
Director
& Director’s Office |
30 |
|
|
·
Administrative
Offices Reception Main Office Strong Room Reprography Room Stores |
25 60 20 10 10 |
|
8. |
Built
Space (carpet area
in sqm) for Amenities ·
Toilets |
10 sqm carpet area |
There
are to be separate toilets for male and female students with appropriate
facilities and disposal facilities |
·
Canteen |
75 sqm carpet area |
|
|
·
Retiring
room for female students |
25 sqm carpet area with
appropriate furniture and attached toilet of 10 sqm |
|
|
9. |
Built
Space for Hostels (carpet area in sqm) Capacity Residential
room sizes Kitchen with
stores & Dining Hall Medical Room Warden office Toilets |
25% for boys and 50% of girl students Double seated rooms of 15 sqm each 50 sqm area in boys hostel 40 sqm area in girls hostel 15 sqm in each hostel 15 sqm 25 sqm in each hostel |
Requirement
of Hostel desirable |
10. |
Built Space for
Residences (carpet
area in sqm) Director Wardens |
140 sqm 80 sqm |
·
There
should be 2 warden residences in the vicinity of the hostels ·
Additional
residences are to be provided from the Second Year onward |
11. |
Books,
Computing Facilities, Lab & Workshop Equipment, Audio-visual Equipment
and Reprographic Facilities ·
Books Technical Reference & General Interest ·
Technical
Journals |
-
1000
(100 titles x 10 in computer science area) -
1000
(100 x 10 in the area of mathematics) 500 volumes 6 journals needed during the First Year |
·
Books
should be relevant to the subjects taught ·
There
must be of recent editions and good print quality ·
All
relevant reference and handbooks should be available. ·
There
should be books and magazines of general interest reading. |
|
·
Computer Centre
facilities |
-
20
PCs -
2
DMPs with sharer -
1
Laser Printer with sharer -
High
speed printer -
Internet
with leased line -
UPS
to allow use of PCs for at least 15 minutes -
Software
as per curriculum |
·
PCs
should be of the latest configuration ·
Software
must be multi-user licensed versions ·
UPS
should be placed outside the computer centre |
|
·
Audio-visual equipment
& materials |
-
1
OHP -
1
TV -
1
VCP/VCR -
1
VCD Player -
1
Slide Projector -
1
Computer-linked projection
system -
Cassettes
and CDs |
|
|
·
Reprographic
Facilities |
-
High
capacity Photocopier |
|