St. Edmund's College
"Facta Non Verba"

ABOUT The Department

Social Work as a course of study is not new in India, but it has taken flight and shape particularly in North East India. In the earlier years, students from other North Eastern states, who wanted to pursue a career in Social Work had to go to other parts of the country for acquiring a Social Work Degree.

The Department of Social Work was established on May 2007 and is the first college in North East India offering a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. The Department is affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University and came into development when the Congregation of Christian Brothers felt the need to prepare a generation of young people who will address issues of the region and the nation from a professional perspective. The Vision of the Department is To Promote and Develop excellence in Professional Social Work Education and to pave the path to a Just and Equitable Society.

The BSW degree curriculum was prepared with a Goal of equipping students with knowledge, values, skills that are essential for social work practice with an educational objective of providing professional education for entry into the social work profession. The course intends to prepare students to deal with complex and challenging personal and social problems in an effective manner. Thus to achieve these aims, a two pronged methodology of teaching and learning are used which includes Classroom learning and Fieldwork practice.

Objectives of the Department:

• To Provide professional education to students at the entry level of social work.
• To Equip students with ethical competence of knowledge, values and skills that are essential for social work practice.
• To Prepare students to deal with complex and challenging problems at personal and societal level in an effective manner.
• To Enable students to link theory to practice through experiential and experimental learning with real life situations under supervisory guidance.