Extra-Curricular Activities
Extra-Curricular Activities like National Cadet Crops (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS), Sports & Games, Cultural, Red Ribbon Club (RRC), Women Empowerment Cell are implemented regularly in all Colleges. These activities offer students an opportunity to work with others and to gain essential life skills, boost academic performance, broaden social skills, improves time management also.
National Cadet Corps (NCC):
The NCC has been the largest uniformed youth organization in India, aims at character building and leadership, in all walks of life and promotes the spirit of patriotism and National Integration amongst the youth of the country. Amongst the 166 GDCs in AP, 40 GDCs are having NCC units in their colleges with 4686 enrolled strengths in three wings like Army, Navy & Air force. Some of the GDCs are earnestly longing to raise NCC units in their Institutions. Such Institutes must fulfil some pre-conditions before applying.
- The College must provide a regular teaching staff to conduct activities of the Institutional NCC Unit. Primarily the teacher renders service as Caretaker; later on, the NCC Officer attends Pre-Commission Course and become an Associate NCC Officer (ANO).
- Institute must provide Storeroom & Office Room to look after the NCC Activities and has to provide training area & ground to train Cadets in Firing, Parade and Obstacle Training.
- The Principal of the Institute must contact the Commanding Officer of the nearest Battalion to raise a new unit and submit the application form in the prescribed format to the Commanding Officer of the concerned Battalion.
- Interested Principals are instructed to contact the nearest Battalion Commanding Officer, submit the application, and send the details to O/o CCE through mail to pursue further action.
National Service Scheme (NSS):
The NSS is a voluntary association of young people in Colleges, Universities and at +2 level working for a campus-community (esp. Villages) linkage, aimed at developing student's personality through community service. NSS Colleges who adopt the villages must increase their community services by involving all the Departments accordingly to strengthen the Units. For colleges that do not have NSS Units, the principals are instructed to follow the norms of the Affiliated University to start NSS Units immediately and adopt the villages for participation in the community services along with College Staff and Students.
Red Ribbon Club (RRC):
Red Ribbon Club activities are implemented through National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell by conducting Awareness Programmes and blood donation camps. The strategy is to promote health seeking behavior and voluntary blood donation as well as enable them to become change agents in HIV & AIDS prevention programs in the state. All the Principals are requested to instruct the NSS Unit coordinators in the beginning of Academic year to Conduct Blood grouping as well as Blood Donation Camps and maintain records with documentary evidence.
Women Empowerment Cell (WEC):
The WEC works to promote gender sensitivity in the college and conduct diverse programmes to educate, sensitize both male and female members and produce harmonious atmosphere on the campus. Instruct the respective coordinators to encourage the girl students to participate in NCC, NSS and sports activities. Conduct programs on ‘Gender Equality’ and various programmes related to girl students to empower them and form Class-wise girls counselling cells to make them to participate in all programmes and various activities.
Clean and Green:
The Clean and Green campaign aims to protect and care for the environment by engaging the community in leading an environmentally conscious lifestyle. Keeping the Campus clean and making it green creates healthy atmosphere in respective colleges. Therefore, all the Principals are requested to instruct NCC & NSS Units, all the Staff and students to involve in the clean and green programs with slogans like