About St. Xavier’s College, Vaikom, Kothavara
St. Xavier’s College, Vaikom, was established in the year 1981 under the aegis of St. Xavier’s Church, Kothavara. The only College of this kind in this region has immensely contributed to the cause of higher learning and development since its inception. The College is situated at Kothavara, a pristine hamlet in
Thalayazham Panchayath, 10 kms away from Vaikom Muncipal Town. The population of Kothavara comprises mostly of smalltime farmers, toddy tappers, fishermen, mat weavers and other part-time labourers. The establishment of the College has to a large extend been able to alleviate the backwardness of this region through various academic, economic and developmental activities. The College campus spreads over 18 acres of land presents a calm and serene ambience frontiered by the Vembanad Lake and Kariyar Spillway.
The College started functioning of its academic activities in a humble way as a Junior College offering Pre-Degree courses in Arts and Commerce. The Management’s relentless efforts to raise the institution to higher levels of learning began showing results by getting sanction for all Pre-Degree Courses and Under Graduate Courses viz; B.Sc. Physics (1991), B.A. Economics (1993) and B.Com. (1995). Its long cherished desire to give vocational orientation to higher education soared great heights by getting sanction for B.Sc. Zoology with Aquaculture in 1998, B.A. Politics with Journalism in 1991 and B.Sc. Chemistry with Industrial Chemistry in 2001. Apart from these regular streams, the College offers a foundation course in Karnatic Music and an English Language Enhancing Programme for the students.
VISION
The integral formation of the human person for the fulfilment of his/her individual responsibilities with sincerity, honesty and maturity.
MISSION
To provide value - based education in letter and spirit and mould the character of the younger generation to achieve progress and prosperity in life thereby serving the society.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
- We aim at moulding our students as leaders who are intellectually competent, emotionally balanced, spiritually enlightened, morally upright and psychologically integrated.
- Our students should be the torch bearers of truth and justice. We do not discriminate students on the basis of caste, creed or faith. A perfect secular atmosphere is provided to our students knowing fully well that to be humane is the essence of all religious teachings.
- We aspire towards establishing a just and humane society where dignity of human beings are upheld and respected, a society where unjust social customs, norms, practices and structures are challenged and demolished.
- We strive to project our cultural heritages such as ahimsa, religious tolerance and harmony and above all national integration in all our endeavours.
- In this era of globalization the whole world is becoming a family. We train our students keeping this view in our mind that all are our brothers and sisters. Only such a feeling of universal brotherhood can put an end to global terrorism and mutual hatred.
- Though this is a Christian institution, more than 90% of the students belong to other castes. We accept and respect them. We exhort our students to have beautiful dreams about their future and we enable them to develop a will to cherish their dreams. Discipline and hard work are the two factors that lead man to success.
- Our college encapsulates this vision and we strain every nerve to achieve this. The college hence calls upon all especially students, teachers, staff, parents and the public to recognize this vision and lend a helping hand for its realization.
