: NSS : Developing personality of students through community service #IndiaNEWS #Op-Ed Dr Shubhra Jamwal National Service Scheme (NSS) was introduced in 1969 with the primary objective of developing

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NSS : Developing personality of students through community service #IndiaNEWS #Op -Ed
Dr Shubhra Jamwal
National Service Scheme (NSS) was introduced in 1969 with the primary objective of developing the personality and character of the students through voluntary community service. Education through Service is the purpose of the NSS. The ideological orientation of the NSS is inspired by the ideals of Mahatma GandhiFather of the Nation. The NSS is a voluntary association of young people in the Universities, Colleges and at +2 level. The cardinal principle of the NSS programme is to get a sense of involvement in the task of nation building.
The objectives of NSS are to enable the students to understand the community in which they work; to understand themselves in relation to their community; to identify the needs and problems of the community and find the solution to them; to develop competence required for group living and sharing responsibilities; to acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude and to encourage national integration and develop the capacity to meet emergencies and national disasters.
The motto of the National Service Scheme is NOT ME BUT YOU and same is being demonstrated in day-to-day programmes by the NSS Programme Officers and volunteers across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. As NSS provides an opportunity to students in the capacity of volunteers to venture out of their comfort zones and make a difference to society more and more students are coming forward to join this community service programme in the length and breadth of the Union Territory.
As far as regular activities are concerned, the main focus remains on health awareness, to conduct awareness and personality development programmes, awareness on Swatch Bharat & Road Safety Rules, drug de-addiction, orientation programmes and environmental issues.
Under the guidance of heads of the respective Universities and Colleges of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the teams of NSS volunteers are conducting special camps to improve the students personality and make them to participate in social activities and contribute in the eradication of social evils prevailing in the society. In this way, the NSS volunteers are also getting benefited in the form of gaining leadership qualities. Likewise, enough attention is being paid towards extension activities by paying visits to the adopted villages and sensitizing the villagers about various social issues through discussions, debates, talks, seminars, workshops, street threatre and confluences.
Moreover, the NSS volunteers are undertaking numerous projects that focus on a broad spectrum of issues in different social spheres which include education for underprivileged children, caring for the elderly, intervention techniques for the differently-abled and intellectually challenged, working health centres associated with patients suffering from AIDS and cancers of various kinds, social entrepreneurship and women empowerment.

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