Bhubaneswar: Giving thrust to non-academic activities of the students, the state government has directed the colleges to start ‘Juba Sanskar’ class from next year.
In a letter to government and government aided degree colleges under the Higher Education department, principal secretary, Education department, Saswat M
ishra on Thursday emphasised on ‘Juba Sanskar’, stating that character building should be one of the objectives of education system.
Directing them to start the class from January 1 next year in their institutions, the principal secretary said at least one ‘Juba Sanskaar’ period of standard duration should be held for the students of UG and PG semesters in a month.
Freely available short audio visual films on character building themes like staying away from drugs/tobacco, imbibing patriotism and developing a sense of respect to women and seniors would be screened in the class.
However, there will be no assessment and evaluation or credit points for the non-academic classroom activities, the letter stated.