Maharani Premkumari College

Maharani Premkumari College of Social Sciences offers BSW & MSW courses. They are related closely with social work, sociology and rural development, which is the necessity for development of tribal area of Dahod district. It is the first college to offer BSW & MSW courses in the Dahod, Panchmahals and Mahisagar district.

Social work is recognized as a significant full-fledged profession at par with any profession. The world has changed rapidly and the divide between communities has opened on the scales never before. Human sentiments and emotions are now being considered a big factor while judging the course of actions. Thus the role of social worker is of highest importance at global stage as well as national stage. The citizen is now becoming more powerful; acts, reforms and tools like DBT, RTI, Cashless society and agencies like ADR, Amnesty, Pratham, CRY, Goonj, Akshaypatra foundation and many more are playing vital role in forming public opinion and public behavior.

Thus the skies are limit for social worker today, social work has become a recognized, professional and self satisfying career. The nation requires a pool of dedicated, trained and skilled talents to cater need of the hour. Thus it is necessary to establish the institutes offering social work.

The major motives to start the courses are:

There are no such institute offering such courses in nearby area, thus to provide education in social work.
To create employment opportunity to youth of the area, not only to the students, to many of others by help of the students.
To propose indigenous solutions to the problems prevailing in communities.
To improve understanding about various problems prevailing in communities.

Beside above reasons which deal with society at large, academic motives are classified below.

To promote human resources aiming at improving the quality of life of under privileged.
To meet the demand for professionally trained social workers.
To gain an understanding about concept, history and philosophy of social work and to develop a knowledge base about Profession of Social Work, its practice and application.
To help the learner acquire professional skills and knowledge to help the clients to deal with their problems and help them overcome.
To help the learner to develop required attitudes in understanding people’s problem solving interventions.
To understand the various social, economical and other problems prevailing in the society and help people overcome them by handling it in a professional way.