National Service Scheme was a programme designed to involve students in extension work and inculcate in them the value of service. The institute has an NSS unit for 100 students. The NSS unit of the Institute regularly undertakes innovative activities with students.
National Service Scheme was a programme designed to involve students in extension work and inculcate in them the value of service. The institute has an NSS unit for 100 students. The NSS unit of the Institute regularly undertakes innovative activities with students.
CSRD is one of the pioneering institutes working in the field of extension education and rural development in India. Since the beginning, the staff of CSRD went on experimenting on relating education to development. Dr. T. Barnabas then the principal of Ahmednagar college and Dr. S.K. Hulbe the founding Director of CSRD took initiative to bring about development in the villages of Ahmednagar District with the active participation of the students.keeping in mind the vision that the students along with the studies should be aware of present realities. They also should be able to relate education to field.
Hence they involved students on voluntary basis under the School community Relationship Program. So it was felt that the involvement of the students in the development process will have a lot of impacts on the community. And the development can be brought about through the efforts of the students and the staff . On the other hand this is also an opportunity for the students to contribute to the Nation building. This proposal was sent to the secretary of education. And taking into consideration the said proposal NSS came into being on 24th September 1969.
“NOT ME, BUT YOU”
The main aim of the National Service Scheme (NSS) is to give an extension dimension to the higher education system and orient the students to community service while they are studying in educational institutions.
It also aims at providing opportunities to work with the people in the villages and slums. The interaction of the students with people will expose them to ground realities and bring about changes in society.
The reason for this aim is that students should not develop the tendency to get alienated from the village/slum masses which constitute the majority of the population of the country. Instead, they should become aware of ground reality and arouse social consciousness.
The students' involvement has a dual purpose: ‘Education’ and ‘Development’. Hence, the main objective of NSS is education through community development and community development through education.
The NSS activities are divided into two parts:
When the admission process of the students is over, the students are given the general orientation of NSS and they are encouraged to participate in NSS by filling up the NSS form.
After the enrollment of NSS volunteers, an orientation on NSS is given to the students. In the orientation, the volunteers are given information on the history, aim, objectives, and activities of NSS.
The second-year volunteers arrange the inauguration and welcome program for the first-year students. The first-year students become the registered members of NSS. Cultural programmes and sharing by the second-year students are an important part of the program.
Throughout the year, Shramdan is carried out by the volunteers on the college campus and in adopted villages. The objective is to inculcate in them the value of the dignity of labour.
In order to enhance the sense of social Responsibility among the students every year the blood donation camp is organized on the college campus. And even the students also donate blood to the patients when there is any demand.
Rallies on social issues such as female infanticide, HIV-AIDS awareness, Women’s Day, and Sadbhavana Day are organized by the students.
On his day rally, lectures, poster competition and debate are organized on women’s issues and even street plays are performed by the students.
The street plays are organized on various issues in collaboration with District Disaster Management Cell by the students of CSRD under NSS activity to create awareness among people..
This is very important to bring a healthy generation in the coming future. The Pulse polio programme is organized to help the child to get a healthy future. The NSS volunteers of CSRD are placed in different polio booths in Ahmednagar to assist the health care workers..
In this week, Quiz competition, Poster competition, Drama competition are organized by NSS unit of CSRD to provide opportunity to the students to exhibit their talents.s.
We have students volunteers from various background. On this day a cultural program is organized so that the students are aware of various cultures and learn to respect the cultures of others..
NSS organizes tree plantation programmes in the adopted villages and on the college campus. This is a noble effort towards the preservation of natural resources and also to bring balance in the environment balance.
Special lectures are organised for NSS volunteers to cultivate civic sense, national spirit and patriotism.
NSS has created a network of resource agencies in Ahmednagar with whom, NSS collaborate to conduct various NSS activities in the campus and the NSS adopted village for conducting special camp. The list of collaborating agencies is the following:.
During the years 2021–23 the Special Residential camp was organized at Sonevadi village, Tal. and Dist. Ahmednagar. The following were the activities organized by NSS Unit of CSRD during this camp:
