NATIONAL
SERVICE SCHEME
AN EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
Link to
NSS, Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports
Service to Nation
Service to self
Objectives
Launched in the Mahatma Gandhi
Birth Centenary year 1969, as a student youth service programme, National
Service Scheme (NSS) aims at arousing social consciousness of the youth with an
overall objective of personality development of the students through community
service.
Motto
"Not me, but
you"
AIM AND OBJECTIVES
The objective of the National Service Scheme is
Developments of the personality of
students through community service.
This objective is sought to be
achieved by enabling the student to:
Understand the community in which they work
Understand themselves of relation to their community.
Identify the needs and problems of the community in the solution of which they
can be in involved.
Develop among them a sense of social and civic responsibility.
Apply their education in finding practical solutions to individual and
community problems.
Develop competence required for group living and sharing responsibilities.
Gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude
Develop capacity to meet emergencies and disasters.
Practice national integration.
INTRODUCTION
The NSS was launched on September 24th
1969 in 37 universities covering all states
The cardinal principle of the program is that it is organized by the students
themselves and both students and teachers through their combined participation
in social service, get a sense of involvement in the task of national
development .
Besides the students, particularly, obtain work experience which might help them
to find avenue of self employment or employment in any organization at the end
of their university career
TERM OF NSS
A student enrolled in NSS is expected to put in at least 120 hours of social
service in 2 projects in an academic year and shall be entitled to get a
certificate from the university on completion of 2 years term i.e. 240 hours .
A student is also expected to attend
at least 1 special camp in 2 years of NSS
It is suggested that out of 120 hours
of social service, each student is expected to put in during then academic year,
at least 20 hours be used in the 1st year for orientation programs
Suggestive list
of the activities during the Regular as well as Special camping programs
Environment
and conservation
Health family welfare and Nutrition program
Program aimed at creating awareness for improvement of status of women
(womens welfare
Social service program : working with hospital, institutions, organizations,
orphanages, home for the aged, depending upon the local needs and priorities
Production oriented programs
Relief and rehabilitation work during natural calamities
Education and recreation:
like
pre-school education, school dropouts, and remedial coaching recreation
program for the community, and eradication of social evils, legal literacy.
Consumer awareness. Non formal education and adult education (short
duration)
This is the illustrative list of
programs. It would be open to each NSS unit to undertake one or more of these
programs or any other activities, which may seem desirable to them according to
local needs under the intimation to university NSS unit
STORY OF N S S EMBLEM
The NSS symbol is embossed on the NSS badge. The NSS volunteers wear it while
undertaking various programmes of community service. The Konark Wheel in the
symbol has eight bars, which represent 24 hours of the day. Hence, the badge
reminds the wearer to be in readiness for service of the nation round the clock
i.e. for 24 hours. The red colour in the badge indicates that the NSS volunteers
are full of blood i.e. lively, active and spirited. The navy blue colour
indicates the cosmos of which the NSS the tiny part ready to contribute its
share for the welfare of mankind.
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