Government Aizawl College, Government of Mizoram, India

Following the college tradition of conducting department-wise orientation briefings with 1^st semester students at the start of the session, all nine departments had briefings with their new students as indicated in the table below. Despite the prevailing C-19 situation, it was felt necessary to meet the freshers in person if only for a short time. And in line with the Govt. of Mizoram guidelines on socializing which stipulates that a maximum of only 50 persons can congregate at a time, the students were asked to attend in batches.

Every department welcomed the new students to the college, introduced members of the department faculty, and conducted briefings on the new online modes of classes, syllabi, academic system of Continuous Assessments, the MCQ mode of exams introduced by MZU for the end-semester exams, the importance of class attendance, college rules and regulations, manners and etiquette, etc. The actual student attendance was not very high due to many students living in rural areas and being unable to travel to Aizawl, and some staying in containment areas while others are in home quarantine. Despite the low turn-out, students who did attend and faculty members found the meetings to be productive and helpful.

Department	Date	Place	Time/Duration	No. of student enrolment	No. of students attended
Commerce	22^nd Sept.	Room 505	10 – 11.30 am	128	40
Sociology	23^rd Sept.	505	10 am, 11 am (two batches)	108	40
Pol. Science	23^rd Sept.	506/7	1 pm	121	29
English	25^th Sept.	506/7	11 am, 11.40 am (two batches)	94	55
Hindi	25^th Sept.	502	12.30 pm	4	4
History	25^th Sept.	505 & Online	11 am, 8 pm	110	40 + 53
Economics	28^th Sept.	505	12 – 1 pm	107	75
Education	9^th Oct.	Online	3 pm	110	58
Mizo	29^th Sept.	505	11 am, 12 (two batches)	121	51