Include NCC as elective course in colleges, says Himachal Governor

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 7

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya emphasised on the inclusion of NCC as an elective course in universities and colleges and emphasized on nation building through NCC.

Addressing Vice Chancellors of state universities through video conference from Raj Bhavan today, he said the role of NCC in instilling the values of character, discipline and hard work and in shaping the youth into dynamic and responsible citizens of the country had been well recognised.

Secretary to Governor Rakesh Kanwar conducted the proceedings of the meeting. Introduction of NCC as an elective course in universities and colleges, status of online teaching, examination, admission and post unlock preparation and review of involvement of students and teachers in Covid care activities were discussed in the meeting.

The Governor said that most of the colleges were conducting NCC activities in a big way and some of them did excellent work and added that during the corona pandemic, NCC cadets could play an important role in the supply chain.

He said that the educational institutions were working on online education since last year but still a lot was needed to be done in this direction.

He said that those who were working through this system should also understand whether this facility was being available to the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He directed them to report the progress and efforts being made for removing shortcomings in online education.