UGC asks varsities to award academic credits to students participating in swachh abhiyan
UGC has asked all universities and colleges to consider offering academic credits to students for participating in the government’s much touted Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The University Grants Commission
(UGC) has asked all universities and colleges to consider offering academic
credits to students for participating in the government’s much touted Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan.
The commission in its meeting
earlier this month had approved providing of two credits like any other
‘Elective’ under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) to students in higher
educational institutions undertaking 15 days (100 hours) summer internships
under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan activities.
“In this summer internship, it is
expected that students will not only participate in overall cleanliness in
villages or slums but would also help in setting up systems for sustaining
cleanliness and sanitation efforts under the campaign. These efforts are
expected to provide a great learning experience in Indian context to students
across the country and would help in improving overall quality of education,” a
UGC communication to varsities read.
The commission has asked
varsities and their affiliated colleges to consider implementation of this
elective course from the forthcoming summer session and give wide publicity so
that vast majority of students opt for this elective course.
“It is informed that UGC
guidelines for Swachh Bharat - Swastha Bharat Scheme have enabling provisions
for universities and colleges to collaborate and to come out with ways to make
the Mission possible,” the UGC letter read.
Source |
Hindustan Times | 26th March 2018
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