NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

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WELCOME

• NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
• ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

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ABOUT

• The National Service Scheme is primarily stands
  for channalising the students youth for building
  the nation.

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HISTORY

• GANDHIAN VISION-Education not an Intellectual
  luxuary, but for empowering common.
• Along with study social responsibility.

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HISTORY

• Ever since independence there has been growing
  awareness of the desirability of involving
  students in National Service.
• The first Education Commission (1950) recommended
  the introduction of national service by students
  on a voluntary basis.

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HISTORY

•  Prime Minister pt. Nehru, a committee was
  appointed under the chairmanship of Dr. C D
  Deshmukh to prepare a scheme for compulsory
  national service by youth in several countries

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HISTORY

• Dr. C D Deshmukh recommended that national
  service may be introduced on a voluntary basis.

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HISTORY

• Similar recommendation was made by the Education
  Commission appointed under the Chairmanship of
  Dr. D S Kothari.

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HISTORY
In April 1967, the Conference of State Education
Ministers recommended that at the University
stage, students could be permitted to join the
national Cadet Corps which was already in
existence on a voluntary basis and an alternative
to this could be offered to them in the form of a
new programme called the National service Scheme
(NSS).
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HISTORY

• Promising sportsmen, however, should be exempted
  from both and allowed to join another scheme
  called National Sports Organization (NSO), in
  view of the need to give priority to the
  development of sports and athletics.

• The conference of Vice-Chancellors in September
  1967 welcomed this recommendation 
• planning Commission sanctioned on outlay of Rs. 5
  crore for developing the NSS during the 4th Five
  Year Plan as a pilot project

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HISTORY

• Ministry of Education introduced National Service
  Scheme during 1969-70

•  1969 was the birth centenary year of Mahatma
  Gandhi

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Milestones

• Starting with an enrollment of 40,000 students in
  1969.
• Now the strength of NSS is 27 of the total
  student population in the country.

• In 2010-11 NSS volunteers are 1.5 crore

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Milestones

• Each year separate theme.
• NSS volunteers has opportunity to participate in
  Republic day parade.
• Opportunity to participate national and
  international events.
• Degree level to plus two level.

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Milestones

• Grace marks to degree and PG level studies.
• Scheme to programme
• From 1994 onwards Indira Gandhi NSS award
• 10 days camp to 7 days special camp.

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Aim

• Personality Development of students through
  community service.

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Objectives

• The broad objectives of NSS are to-
• Understand the community in which they work 
• Understand themselves in relation to their
  community 
• Identify the needs and problems of the community
  and involve them in problem solving process 
• Develop among themselves a sense of social and
  civic responsibility
• Utilize their knowledge in finding practical
  solution to individual and community problems

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Objectives
Develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities Gain skills in mobilizing community participation  Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude  Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disaster and Practise national integration and social harmony. Practice national integration and social harmony.
 
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Organisation structure
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Logo of NSS
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Motto of NSS

• Not Me,
• But You

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NSS day
NSS was formally launched on 24th September, 1969, the birth centenary year of the Father of the Nation. 24 September is celebrated every year as NSS Day with appropriate programmes activities.
 
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Some sample programmes

• (a) Environment Enrichment Programmes
• a) Plantation of trees, their preservation and
  upkeep (each NSS Unit should plant and protect at
  least 100 saplings in and around the campus and
  in the adopted places) b) Creation of NSS
  parks/gardens, Vegetable gardens and Medicinal
  gardens. c) Anti plastic campaigns eco
  friendly Bag making unit. d) Fodder -
  cultivation programme.e) Chlorination of village
  ponds and wells.f) Vermi-compost project in each
  unit. Popularization and construction of Gobar
  Gas Plants-use of non-conventional energy.g)
  Waste Management Programme Land, Air Water
  Pollutionh) Rainwater harvesting. i) Kanikonna
  and Neem project in each campus. j) Kera Keralam
  project 10 coconut trees in each campus. k)
  Smokeless choolas in Rural Houses.

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Some sample programmes

• (b) Health Awareness Programmes
• a) Anti Drug Campaign. b) First Aid Training
  Programmec) Palliative care Units d) Blood
  Donation Drive. e) AIDS Awareness Programme. f)
  Healthy Food Habits. g) Healthy Life Style.

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Some sample programmes

• c) Educational Programmes
• a) Legal Literacy programmeb) Equivalency
  Programme in association with State Literacy
  Missionc) Computer Literacy programme in
  association with Akshaya Project.d) Consumer
  Awareness Programmee) Human Rights Awareness
  Programmef) Career Guidance Programme

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Some sample programmes

• g) Traffic Awareness Programme. h) Value
  Education Programmei) Communicative Skill
  Malayalam Englishj) Personality Development
  Leadership Programme.k) Stress Management
  Programme. l) Effective Parenting. m) Energy
  Conservation Programme.

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Some sample programmes

• d) Women Empowerment Programmes
• a) Programmes of educating people and making them
  aware of womens rights, both Constitutional and
  legal.b) Creating consciousness among women that
  they too contribute to economic and social well
  being of the community.c) Creating awareness
  among women that there is no occupation or
  vocation which is not open to them.d) Imparting
  training to women in sewing, embroidery, knitting
  and other skills whereever possible.

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Some sample programmes

• e) Social Service Programmes
• a) Two days in a Paliative Care Centre.b) Work
  in institutions meant for physically and mentally
  handicapped.c) Organising blood donation camps
  and eye-pledge programmes.d) Work in Cheshire
  Homes, Orphanages, homes for the aged etc.e)
  Work in welfare organisations of women.f)
  Prevention of slums through social education and
  community action.g) Programmes for making
  villages self sufficient. h) Soap making units,
  Paper carrybag making unit, tailoring unit

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• f) Production Oriented Programmes
• a) Working with people and explaining and
  teaching of improved agricultural practices.b)
  Rodent control and pest control practices.c)
  Weed control.d) Soil testing, soil health care
  and soil conservation.e) Assistance in repair of
  agricultural machinery.f) Work for the promotion
  and strengthening of co-operative societies in
  villages.g) Assistance and guidance in poultry
  farming, animal husbandry, care of animal health,
  etc.h) Popularization of small savings andi)
  Assistance in procuring bank loans.

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Some sample programmes

• j) Volunteer exchange programme in Special
  Camps.k) Regular activities in the adopted
  villages according to action plan.l)
  Collaborative research on social issues.m) seven
  days special camps during Onam and Christmas
  Vacations.n) Other State Level programmes o)
  Healthy Youth for healthy India
• p) Besides this a separate theme will be adopted
  for the NSS activities in the Campuses
  Cleanliness through Homes An Environmental
  Awarness Programme. q) Water shed Management.r)
  Tribal village development

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Some sample programmes

• g) Relief Rehabilitation work during Natural
  calamities
• a) Care and Share Project. b) Disaster
  Management Programme - Assisting the authorities
  at the time of natural disasters and calamity.c)
  Miss a Meal Project.d) Palliative Care
  Programme.

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Some sample programmes

• Creation of Durable Assets
• Home for the Homeless
• Libraries in adopted places, hospitals, jails
  etc.
• Construction of sanitary latrines.

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Observation of Important Days

• 1. National Youth Day 12th January2. Republic
  Day 26th January3. Martyrs Day 30th January4.
  International Womens Day 8th March5. World
  Health Day 7th April6. Anti-Terrorism Day 21st
  May7. World No Tobacco Day 31st May8. World
  Environment Day 5th June9. World Population Day
  1st July10. Independence Day 15th August11.
  Sadhbhavana Day 20th August12. International
  Literacy Day 8th September

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Observation of Important Days

• 13. International Peace Day 15th September14.
  NSS Day 24th September15. National Blood
  Donation Day 1st October16. World Non-violence
  Day 2nd October17. National Integration Day 19th
  November18. World AIDS Day 1st December19.
  World Human Rights Day 10th December

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Weeks 

• 1. National Youth Week 12 19 January2. Van
  Mahotsava Week 1 7 July3. International
  Literacy Week 8 14 July4. Quami Ekta Week 19
  25 November

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LIST OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO
INTEGRATE WITH NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEMES

• 1. 'Cleanliness through Homes, Environmental
  Awareness Programme- Kerala Pollution Control
  Board.2. Legal Literacy Programmes in
  Colleges/Universities - Kerala State
  LegalServices Authority.3. Data Bank on Higher
  Education facilities in Kerala - Kerala State
  HigherEducation Council. 4. Red Ribbon Club
  Kerala State AIDS Control Society. 5. Anti
  Drug Campaign District Medical Officer /Mass
  Media Officer.6. Energy Conservation Programme -
  Kerala State Electricity Board.7. Nammude Maram
  Project Forest Department.

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LIST OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO
INTEGRATE WITH NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEMES

• 8. Vegetable Garden Agricultural
  Department. 9. Fodder cultivation Programme -
  Dept. of Animal Husbandry. 10. First Aid
  Training District Medical Officer.11.Palliative
  Care Unit - District Medical Officer /
  Panchayath / Municipalities / Corporations. 12.
  Equivalency Programme Kerala State Literacy
  Mission. 13. Youth against Terrorism
  Directorate of Youth Welfare.

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National Service Volunteer

• DegreeNSS certificate holders have an
  opportunity to serve the society with a stipend
  of Rs. 2500/- per month.

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Activities

• Regular activities 120 hrs/yr
• Special camps
• NSS Diary
• Learning Journal
• NSS certificate
• Village adoption

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VHSE dept contribution

• Student police cadet
• Save a teenager
• Sidhi 2020

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Thanks

• Prepared by-

• Baiju.J
• baijuj2006_at_gmail.com