Equal Opportunity Cell

Bishop Vayalil Memorial Holy Cross College Cherpunkal is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals regardless of colour, religion, sex, national origin, age disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected characteristic under UGC (Guidelines for Scheme of Equal Opportunity Centre for Colleges XII Plan (2012-2017) Volume II. The Equi Empower Hub in our college aims to foster an inclusive and equitable environment by providing resources, support, and opportunities to all students, ensuring fair treatment and promoting diversity within the college community in spite of language, ethnicity, class, caste, religion etc. To oversee the effective implementation of policies and programmes for disadvantaged groups, to provide guidance and counselling with respect to academic, financial, social and other matters and to enhance the diversity within the campus.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

i. To ensure equity and equal opportunity to the community at large in the college and bring about social inclusion.
ii. To enhance the diversity among the students, teaching and non-teaching staff population and at the same time eliminate the perception of discrimination.
iii. To create a socially congenial atmosphere for academic interaction and for the growth of healthy interpersonal relationships among the students coming from various social backgrounds.
iv. To make efforts to sensitize the academic community regarding the problems associated with social exclusion as well as aspirations of the marginalized communities.
v. To help individuals or a group of students belonging to the disadvantaged section of society to contain the problems related to discrimination.