Government First Grade College, Ankola

Government First Grade College, Ankola (GFGCA), is one of the premier colleges of Karnataka state which started functioning in the year 2007. This affiliated college is located in Poojageri, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka and since inception this institution has been providing quality education. Located on a vast area of 5 acres of land, GFGCA has focused on quality education and has been accredited by NAAC.

The college consists of 781 students and 15 academic staff members that provide 8 programs for 5 degrees for students with various interests and goals. The college has some of the best invaluable amenities and apparatuses with aimed at enhancing learning experience and all round development of students.

The heart of academic resource is the up-to-date library that is stocked with books, periodicals, maps and subject encyclopaedas. It also has a collection of e-books and e-journals so as to encourage the culture of e-learning. Especially for technology lovers, the centralised computer lab has been set up having six computers with internet connection and a backup power supply.

Accomplishment of the college is reflected in its departmental laboratories that contribute to practical learning activities in different branches. Sport enthusiasts are free to use the gym on campus and for sports, the interests are catered for by a variety of sporting institutions.

The college also provides some facilities to the students like having separate hostels for boys and girls, a cafeterial that sell very cheap meals to the students of the college and equally has provided adequate car parking space for the students and other users of the college.

Government first graduate college Ankola, being autonomous affiliating college provides graduate and post graduate programs in various disciplines. The institution offers 8 full time courses for students including major areas of Arts Commerce and Sciences.

BA is one of the undergraduate courses with features like Economics, Mathematics, and Statistics; History Economics, Political Science; new age BA plans for Psychology, Sociology, and Optional English. Science stream encompasses B. Sc programmes in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science; Chemistry, Botany and Zoology.

For the students who want to pursue their studies in commerce and management the college provides B. Com and BBA courses. At post graduate level the GFGCA offers an MA in Economics . The admission process of Government First Grade College, Ankola can be clearly described as Selection for admissions is based on the merit of the student.