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What is the News?
Government of India has announced several programmes to enhance the future career aspects of youth recruited under Agnipath Scheme.
What are the programmes announced by the Government of India for youth recruited under Agnipath Scheme?
Three Year Bachelor Degree Programme
The Ministry of Education has announced that it will launch a special 3-year skill-based bachelor’s degree programme for defence personnel under the Agnipath scheme.
Aim: To enhance the future career prospects of Agniveers and equip them for various job roles in the civilian sector and recognise the skill training received by them during their defence tenure.
Nodal Agency: Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) will be offering the degree programmes which will be recognised in both India and abroad for employment and education.
Key Features of the Programme: Under the programme that will be designed and executed by IGNOU, 50% of the credits required for the graduate degree will come from skills received under the Agnipath scheme and the remaining 50% will come from a basket of courses that cover a wide variety of subjects like languages, Economics, History among others.
Those who apply for the degree programme will also have the provision of multiple exit points under which they will get an undergraduate certificate on completion of the first year, an undergraduate diploma on completion of the first two years and a degree on completion of all the three years.
Priority in Recruitment
The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the personnel who serve in the country’s armed forces under the newly launched Agnipath scheme will be preferred during recruitment for the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles.
Source: The post is based on the articles:
– “Education Ministry to recognize in-service training received by Agniveers as credits for graduation” published in PIB on 15th June 2022.
– “Agniveers to get priority in CAPF recruitment” published in The Hindu on 16th June 2022.
