Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has extended the duration of the activities under its “Nua O” programme till January 15, 2024.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Higher Education Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and secretary, Higher Education Department Arbind Agrawal in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
During review of the programme, it was decided that the Sports and Youth Services Department will extend the dateline for sports and cultural activities upto January 15, 2024.
There will be no deadline for social work activities. The higher education institutions may continue the activity even after February. The institutions were earlier instructed to complete three core activities of sports, cultural and social work by December 31.
It was also decided in the meeting that the students participating in the programs should be provided a system generated certificate for future reference. All the HEIs were requested to upload the photographs.
All 7 nodal officers of the NUA-O funded departments including Higher Education, School & Mass Education, Agriculture and Farmer’s Empowerment, Sports and Youth Services, Health and Family welfare, Skill Development and Technical Education and ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare department along with the funded institutions attended the meeting on virtual platform.
