NSS scheme & syllabus for 2022 scheme from 3rd sem to 6th sem

National Service Scheme (NSS) Semester 3rd to 6th

Course Code BNSK459 CIE Marks 25*4 = 100

Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 0:0:3:1 SEE Marks ------
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 hour Practical Session +15 hour Planning Total Marks 25*4 = 100
Examination nature (SEE) Activities Report Evaluation by College NSS Officer at the end of every
semester (3rd to 6th semester)
Credits NCMC – Non Credit Mandatory Course
(Completion of the course shall be mandatory for the award of degree)

Course objectives: National Service Scheme (NSS) will enable the students to:
1. Understand the community in general in which they work.
2. Identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem –solving.
3. Develop among themselves a sense of social & civic responsibility & utilize their knowledge
in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems.
4. Develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities & gain skills
in mobilizing community participation to acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitudes.
5. Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters & practice national integration
and social harmony in general.

General Instructions - Pedagogy :

These are sample Strategies, which teachers can use to accelerate the attainment of the various course outcomes.
1. In addition to the traditional lecture method, different types of innovative teaching methods may be adopted so that
the activities will develop students’ theoretical and applied social and cultural skills.
2. State the need for NSS activities and its present relevance in the society and Provide real-life examples.
3. Support and guide the students for self-planned activities.
4. You will also be responsible for assigning homework, grading assignments and quizzes, and documenting
students’ progress in real activities in the field.
5. Encourage the students for group work to improve their creative and analytical skills.

National Service Scheme (NSS) – Contents

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1. Organic farming, Indian Agriculture (Past, Present and Future) Connectivity for marketing.
2. Waste management– Public, Private and Govt organization, 5 R’s.
3. Setting of the information imparting club for women leading to contribution in social and
economic issues.
4. Water conservation techniques – Role of different stakeholders– Implementation.
5. Preparing an actionable business proposal for enhancing the village income and approach for
implementation.
6. Helping local schools to achieve good results and enhance their enrolment in Higher/

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technical/ vocational education.

7. Developing Sustainable Water management system for rural areas and implementation approaches.
8. Contribution to any national level initiative of Government of India. For eg. Digital India, Skill India, Swatch Bharat,
Atmanirbhar Bharath, Make in India, Mudra scheme, Skill development programs etc.
9. Spreading public awareness under rural outreach programs.(minimum5 programs).
10. Social connect and responsibilities.
11. Plantation and adoption of plants. Know your plants.
12. Organize National integration and social harmony events /workshops /seminars. (Minimum 02 programs).
13. Govt. school Rejuvenation and helping them to achieve good infrastructure.

NOTE:
 Student/s in individual or in a group Should select any one activity in the beginning of each semester till end of that
respective semester for successful completion as per the instructions of NSS officer with the consent of HOD of the
department.
 At the end of every semester, activity report should be submitted for evaluation.

Distribution of Activities - Semester wise from 3rd to 6th semester

Sem Topics / Activities to be Covered
1. Organic farming, Indian Agriculture (Past, Present and Future) Connectivity for
3rd Sem for marketing.
2. Waste management– Public, Private and Govt organization, 5 R’s.
25 Marks 3. Setting of the information imparting club for women leading to contribution in social and
economic issues.
4. Water conservation techniques – Role of different stakeholders– Implementation.
th
4 Sem for 5. Preparing an actionable business proposal for enhancing the village income and approach for
implementation.
25 Marks 6. Helping local schools to achieve good results and enhance their enrolment in Higher/
technical/ vocational education.
7. Developing Sustainable Water management system for rural areas and implementation
approaches.
th
5 Sem for 8. Contribution to any national level initiative of Government of India. Foreg. Digital India, Skill
India, Swachh Bharat, Atmanirbhar Bharath, Make in India, Mudra scheme, Skill development
25 Marks programs etc.
9. Spreading public awareness under rural outreach programs.(minimum5 programs).
10. Social connect and responsibilities.
11. Plantation and adoption of plants. Know your plants.
6th Sem for
12. Organize National integration and social harmony events /workshops /seminars. (Minimum 02
programs).
25 Marks
13. Govt. school Rejuvenation and helping them to achieve good infrastructure.

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Pedagogy – Guidelines, it may differ depending on local resources available for the study
as well as environment and climatic differences, location and time of execution.

Sl Topic Group Location Activity Reporting Evaluation

No size execution Of the Topic

1. Organic farming, Indian May be Farmers Site selection /proper Report should Evaluation as
Agriculture (Past, individu land/Villages/ roadside consultation/Continu be submitted by per the rubrics
Present and Future) al or / community area/ ous monitoring/ individual to the Of scheme and
Connectivity for team College campus etc….. Information board concerned syllabus by NSS
marketing. evaluation officer
authority

2. Waste management– May be Villages/ City Areas / Site selection /proper Report should Evaluation as
Public, Private and Govt individu Grama consultation/Continu be submitted by per the rubrics
organization, 5 R’s. al or panchayat/ public ous monitoring/ individual to the Of scheme and
team associations/Governme Information board concerned syllabus by NSS
nt Schemes officers/ evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

3. Setting of the May be Women empowerment Group selection/pro Report should Evaluation as
information imparting individu groups/ Consulting per be submitted by per the rubrics
club for women al or NGOs & Govt Teams / consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
leading to contribution team College campus etc….. ous monitoring/ concerned syllabus by NSS
in social Information board evaluation officer
and economic issues. authority

4. Water conservation May be Villages/ City Areas / site selection / Report should Evaluation as
techniques – Role of individu Grama proper be submitted by per the rubrics
different stakeholders– al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
Implementation. team associations/Governme ous monitoring/ concerned syllabus by NSS
nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

5. Preparing an actionable May be Villages/ City Areas / Group selection/pro Report should Evaluation as
business proposal for individu Grama per be submitted by per the rubrics
enhancing the village al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
income and approach team associations/Governme ous monitoring/ concerned syllabus by NSS
for implementation. nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

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6. Helping local schools to May be Local government / School Report should Evaluation as
achieve good results individu private/ aided selection/proper be submitted by per the rubrics
and enhance their al or schools/Government consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
enrolment in team Schemes officers/ ous monitoring/ concerned syllabus by NSS
Higher/ technical/ etc….. Information board evaluation officer
vocational education. authority

7. Developing Sustainable May be Villages/ City Areas / site selection/proper Report should Evaluation as
Water management individu Grama consultation/Continu be submitted by per the rubrics
system for rural areas al or panchayat/ public ous monitoring/ individual to the Of scheme and
and implementation team associations/Governme Information board concerned syllabus by NSS
approaches. nt Schemes officers/ evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

8. Contribution to any May be Villages/ City Areas / Group selection/pro Report should Evaluation as
national level initiative individu Grama per be submitted by per the rubrics
of Government of India. al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
For eg. Digital India, team associations/Governme ous monitoring / concerned syllabus by NSS
Skill India, Swachh nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
Bharat, campus etc….. authority
Atmanirbhar
Bharath, Make in
India, Mudra scheme,
Skill development
programs etc.

9. Spreading public May be Villages/ City Areas / Group selection/pro Report should Evaluation as
awareness under rural individu Grama per be submitted by per the rubrics
outreach al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
programs.(minimum5 team associations/Governme ous monitoring / concerned syllabus by NSS
programs). ///// Social nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
connect and campus etc….. authority
responsibilities.

10. Plantation and adoption May be Villages/ City Areas / Place Report should Evaluation as
of plants. Know your individu Grama selection/proper be submitted by per the rubrics
plants. al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
team associations/Governme ous monitoring / concerned syllabus by NSS
nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

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11. Organize National May be Villages/ City Areas / Place Report should Evaluation as
integration and social individu Grama selection/proper be submitted by per the rubrics
harmony events al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
/workshops team associations/Governme ous monitoring / concerned syllabus by NSS
/seminars. (Minimum nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
02 programs). campus etc….. authority

12. Govt. school May be Villages/ City Areas / Place Report should Evaluation as
Rejuvenation and individu Grama selection/proper be submitted by per the rubrics
helping them to al or panchayat/ public consultation/Continu individual to the Of scheme and
achieve good team associations/Governme ous monitoring / concerned syllabus by NSS
infrastructure. nt Schemes officers/ Information board evaluation officer
campus etc….. authority

Plan of Action (Execution of Activities For Each Semester)

Sl.NO Practice Session Description

1 Lecture session by NSS Officer
2 Students Presentation on Topics
3 Presentation - 1 , Selection of topic, PHASE - 1
4 Commencement of activity and its progress - PHASE - 2
5 Execution of Activity
6 Execution of Activity
7 Execution of Activity
8 Execution of Activity
9 Execution of Activity
10 Case study based Assessment, Individual performance
11 Sector wise study and its consolidation
12 Video based seminar for 10 minutes by each student At the end of semester with Report.

 In every semester from 3rd semester to 6th semester, Each student should do activities according
to the scheme and syllabus.
 At the end of every semester student performance has to be evaluated by the NSS officer for the
assigned activity progress and its completion.
 At last in 6th semester consolidated report of all activities from 3rd to 6th semester, compiled
report should be submitted as per the instructions.
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Course outcomes (Course Skill Set):

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1: Understand the importance of his / her responsibilities towards society.
CO2: Analyse the environmental and societal problems/issues and will be able to design solutions for the same.
CO3: Evaluate the existing system and to propose practical solutions for the same for sustainable development.
CO4: Implement government or self-driven projects effectively in the field.
CO5: Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters & practice national integration and social harmony in
general.

Assessment Details for CIE (both CIE and SEE)

Weightage CIE – 100%  Implementation strategies of the project ( NSS
Presentation - 1 10 Marks work).

Selection of topic, PHASE - 1  The last report should be signed by

Commencement of activity and its progress - 10 Marks NSS Officer, the HOD and principal.

PHASE - 2  At last report should be evaluated by the NSS

Case study based Assessment 10 Marks officer of the institute.

Individual performance  Finally the consolidated marks sheet should be

Sector wise study and its consolidation 10 Marks sent to the university and also to be made

Video based seminar for 10 minutes by each 10 Marks available at LIC visit.

student At the end of semester with Report.

Total marks for the course in each 50 Marks

semester
Marks scored for 50 by the students should be Scale down to 25 marks In each semester
for CIE entry in the VTU portal.
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25 marks CIE entry will be entered in University IA marks portal at the end of each semester 3 to 6
sem, Report and assessment copy should be made available in the department semester wise.
Students should present the progress of the activities as per the schedule in the prescribed practical session in the field.
There should be positive progress in the vertical order for the benefit of society in general.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books :
1. NSS Course Manual, Published by NSS Cell, VTU Belagavi.
2. Government of Karnataka, NSS cell, activities reports and its manual.
3. Government of India, nss cell, Activities reports and its manual.