Each student will be allocated an academic staff who will serve as
the student's academic advisor for the entire duration of the student's
study at the School. The academic advisor has to advise on course
registration and monitor the students' academic progress. Students
are urged to discuss with their respective academic advisors on any
problems they may face.
In line with the University's
effort to become a center of excellence, one of its primary goal is
to instill qualities amongst students that will eventually develop them
to be capable of contributing towards his/her own personal achievement
and society's prosperity. With that in mind the University is very concerned
about student facing academic problems.
MENTOR
Mentor system is primarily
to assist and advise student under supervision. A mentor can be a
lecturer, instructor, teacher, graduate and whoever is interested
in helping students to overcome studying problems.
Mentor activities are
organized by the Deputy Dean.
Function of
a Mentor
- To overcome academic
problems faced by students.
- To assist students
overcome personal problems which may hinder the student's academic
performances.
In order to carry out
the duties effectively, the mentor can make use of the facilities which
are readily available at the University such as Academic Advisory System,
assistance from the teaching/learning and counseling unit and hostel
head. The relationship between a mentor and a student can be depicted
as follows:
Organization Structure
In order to start off
the mentor system effectively, the organization structure is designed
in two categories:
- At the University
level, a student counseling coordination committee is chaired by
the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students Affair) and the membership
comprising of the Deputy Deans and Hostel Heads. The counseling
unit acts as secretariat.
- The duties are to
determine the policies such as objectives, selection, counseling
duties, skill training, counseling, honorarium, coordination of
the progress of counseling.
- At the school level,
the committee consists a Chairman (Deputy Dean of the School) and
various members (mentors). The duties are to assist the mentors
to perform their duties as discussed above.
