National Service Scheme (NSS)

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities & programmers’ sole aim of the NSS is to provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service. Since inception of the NSS in the year 1969, the number of students strength increased from 40,000 to over 3.8 million up to the end of March 2018 students in various Universities, Colleges and Institutions of higher learning have volunteered to take part in various community service programmes.

 

The NSS Badge Proud to Serve the Nation

     

Motto

The Motto of National Service Scheme is NOT ME BUT YOU

 

CEG Team Members

 

The Main Objectives of National Service Scheme (NSS)

***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
***Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility
***Utilise their knowledge in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems
***Develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities
***Gain skills in mobilising community participation
***Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitudes
***Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters and
***Practise national integration and social harmony

 

Major work and Functions of NSS

Regular Programme

Regular NSS programmes are those programmes under which students undertaken various activities in adopted villages, College campuses and Urban Slums during weekends or after college hours.
    >>Students have to work for at least 120 hours a year in social service projects.
    >>Students can work in small groups or individually.
    >>Many different activities could be taken by different groups of students studying in the same educational institution at different times of the day.
The activities undertaken as regular programmes can be social service in institutions like Hospitals, Schools, work in institutions for handicapped, etc. work can also be done without an agency structure, campaign, socio-economic projects, or follow-up of activities initiated during the special camps.
Objective of Regular Programme
    >>To create as awareness about the problems and life style of the community.
    >>To help realize the dignity of labour.
    >>To provide experience of working together.
    >>To inculcate leadership qualities.
    >>To develop a sense of responsibility and
    >>To build a strong character
Areas of Regular Programme
    >>College campus.
    >>Adopted Village/Urban Slum.
    >>Welfare institutions. (Old age homes, orphanages, challenged homes)
    >>Hospitals.
    >>Any others. (Eco Concerns, Road Safety etc.)

Special Camping Programme

The camps are held during vacation for 7 days in the communities adopted by the concerned NSS units. The campers consist of the Programme Officers, Student Volunteers and youth. The various projects undertaken could involve developmental work, health and sanitation campaigns, survey work, educational project and other relief work. These projects also create durable assets (roads, wells/ponds, soak pits, etc.), provide support to local developmental programmes and form important links between the people and development agencies.