{"id":191755,"date":"2022-06-22T20:23:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=191755"},"modified":"2022-06-22T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:53:51","slug":"sukanta-chaudhuri-writes-education-plan-for-disbanded-agniveers-is-alarmingly-vague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sukanta-chaudhuri-writes-education-plan-for-disbanded-agniveers-is-alarmingly-vague\/","title":{"rendered":"Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: Education plan for disbanded Agniveers is alarmingly vague"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News<\/strong>: Recently, the government of India introduced a new recruitment scheme for the armed forces,\u00a0Agnipath<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What are the educational benefits provided to Agniveers?<\/h5>\n

Two major plans have been mooted.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, those joining after Class X can proceed to a Class XII certificate through the National Institute of Open Schooling.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, a special three-year degree programme was mooted by the University Grants Commission jointly with the Indira Gandhi National Open University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0Education Ministry to recognize in-service training received by Agniveers as credits for graduation<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the concerns associated with educational support?<\/h5>\n

Disbanded Agniveers will require training for whatever work they take up subsequently.<\/p>\n

Content of the programme<\/strong>: The most beneficial plan for Agniveers would be to focus on mainstream general education: Languages, mathematics, natural and social sciences, alongside practical skills like computation and accountancy. But the educational programme does not mention anything about the content.<\/p>\n

For instance, the only degrees mentioned in the press release are B.A. (various streams) and B.Com. (One wonders about Agriculture, one of the listed subjects.). This completely neglects the basic sciences or technology degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0<\/strong>How can Agnipath be made more attractive? Recommendations from 2 former army leaders<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Challenges with the manner in which degree is provided<\/strong>: The new National Educational Policy prescribes an open-ended four-year undergraduate programme. The first three years\u2019 courses are multifarious, not a scattered or diffused one. After three years, the student can exit with a Bachelor\u2019s degree; after four, with a \u201cmultidisciplinary\u201d Bachelor\u2019s degree, or one \u201cwith research\u201d. Further, the UGC\u2019s latest announcement declares that a four-year Bachelor\u2019s course is sufficient training for doctoral research, including \u201cmultidisciplinary\u201d research.<\/p>\n

These models are further diluted for Agniveers by reserving 50% of the credits from the \u201cskill training received by Agniveers during their tenure in the defence establishments.”<\/p>\n

There are a few questions associated with that. Such as,<\/p>\n

-How this will enhance Agniveers skills in a civilian education system to degree level?<\/p>\n

-How does the six-month in-service training be mechanically converted to credits for the notionally separate three-year course?<\/p>\n

All this turns the degree into an undemanding formality. That would be a poor tribute to Agniveers abilities and motivation, and poor provision for their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read:\u00a0<\/strong>Agnipath Scheme: Need, Benefits and Challenges \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cSukanta Chaudhuri writes: Education plan for disbanded Agniveers is alarmingly vague\u201d<\/strong> published in the \u201cIndian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0June 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: Recently, the government of India introduced a new recruitment scheme for the armed forces,\u00a0Agnipath. What are the educational benefits provided to Agniveers? Two major plans have been mooted. First, those joining after Class X can proceed to a Class XII certificate through the National Institute of Open Schooling. Second, a special three-year degree programme… Continue reading Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: Education plan for disbanded Agniveers is alarmingly vague<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-191755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700792010,"cached_date":1704746343},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}