Smt. A. P. Patel Educational and Charitable Trust, established in 1972, takes care of three institutes namely Smt. A. P. Patel Kanya Chhatralay (girls’ hostel), Shri M. G. and S. G. Bardanwala High school and Smt. R. R. Patel Mahila Arts and Commerce College.The main aims of the trust were to provide higher education to the girls belonging to the rural area surrounding Rajkot and arranging boarding and lodging facilities for them. As a result, the girls’ hostel (only for the students belonging to Leuva Patel Caste) was established in 1982 and the high school was established in 1985.
But still all the problems were not over. It was difficult for a rural girl student with lower percentage to get admission in any of the colleges of the city. The trust was determined to solve this problem also. As a solution, Smt. R. R. Patel Mahila Arts and Commerce College offering BA and BCom courses was established in 1992.
It was a time when the students of rural area had to go to the nearby city to get higher education.
People existing under many hardships found it very difficult to cope up with the arrangement for the education of their children. It was rather more difficult for them to provide such facilities to their daughters. Majority of the people avoided sending their daughters to the urban area for education to protect them from the harassment and hardships they had to face while to and fro. Many social and economical problems did not allow them to make arrangement for lodging and boarding. As a result, they didn’t give priority to the higher education for their children. A number of girls, therefore, had to be deprived of the higher education against their wish.
Shri A. P. Patel Educational and Charitable Trust could see the problem and understand the feelings of the fellow people. In this respect, to stand by the people and to fulfill the wish of the students of the rural area, the trust was founded. The following are the chief goals of the institute: (Ref. Trust Deed)
Teaching and learning is a lifelong and dynamic process. “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future”. We aspire to develop the skills essential for making responsible citizens.
This will make them immensely capable of facing the future with spirit and optimism. We try to instill the values of respect and trust in relationships that are the foundation of real success.
To bring out their hidden potential, we encourage our students to take part in various academic as well as cultural activities, NSS, NCC and Sports activities at college and at the university level.
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