Mangalore, February 14: The formal blessing and inauguration of the Newly constructed College building of Carmel College, Modankap, will take place on February 16.
Most Rev. Dr.Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore, will bless the New College Block and. Dr.(Sr) Agatha Mary A.C., Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel will inaugurate. Prof. T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice chancellor of Mangalore University, will be the Chief guest. Mr.B.Ramanath Rai, M.L.A. Bantwal Constituency, Sr. M. Linette A.C. Provincial Superior of Karnataka Province, Sri. Dinesh Bhandary, President, Town Panchayat, Bantwal, Rev. Dr. Fr. Roque D'Souza, Parish Priest, Infant Jesus Church, Modankap and Sr. Edna Furtado A.C. Secretary, the Apostolic Carmel Educational Society will be the guests of honour.
Carmel College has a three storeyed building with eleven specious, well ventilated classrooms with adequate furniture and fittings. A Computer Laboratory with 34 computers is already functioning in which the College students are offered the facility of learning the basics of computers along with internet and Tally. There is a well equipped library with a large number of reference books on the subjects of study. Standard magazines and Journals are provided to the students to supplement their subject knowledge. There are three staff rooms, a meeting hall, a ladies relaxation room, a well equipped office with computers and reprographic Machine, a Principal's chamber with waiting room. On the top floor of the College building there is an Auditorium which can accommodate around 700 students. There is a 400 metre track playground with Volleyball, Badminton and Kabaddi Courts – right in front of the College. The College has an experienced Principal and well qualified and dedicated staff. The Mangalore University has recognized this College as a University Examination centre for Colleges in and around Bantwal.
The Campus: The Campus is spread over five acres of land with High School, a Pre-University College and the newly built Carmel College. The High School has a student strength of 371 (only girls) and the Pre-University College has 531 students (both boys and girls). There is an open Theatre for cultural activities both for the students and for the public use on special request.
In the year 2000, the Management decided to upgrade the High School as a Pre-University College offering Science, Commerce and Arts in view of the pressing need providing Pre-University education in Bantwal to girls and later extended to boys.
Most of the students who completed PUC in this Pre-University College had to discontinue their studies or travel to Mangalore or other distant colleges because of lack of Degree Colleges in the vicinity. Hence the management found it necessary to begin a Higher Education Institution on the same premises.
Carmel College, Modankap is a new venture of Apostolic Carmel Sisters in a fast developing town of Bantwal. It started functioning from 1st of July 2010 with B.Com and B.B.M. courses of study. This College is affiliated to the Mangalore University and is recognized by the Government of Karnataka. It is proposed to start B.C.A. course from the Academic Year 2011-12. The College is located on a small hillock near Infant Jesus Church, Modankap on the right side of B.C.Road – Polali-Gurpur Kaikamba route.
The Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel has set up large number of educational establishments in India, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Pakistan and East Africa. In Karnataka, the Apostolic Carmel Educational Society, it runs: One post graduate and two degree colleges, UG and PG College of Education, Special schools for the mentally challenged, Pre-University colleges, High Schools, Institutes of Technical education etc. The Congregation offers special care for the poor, the orphaned and marginalized sections of the society through education.
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