Delhi University conducts seminar on Academic Campus Vis-a-Vis Border Security

This, the minister said, is quite in contrast to the practice followed in some of the Western Universities where not only issues related to border and warfare occupy an important place in the curriculum but the students also follow the tradition of spending some time out of their academic career with the forces either as trainees or researchers.

He further suggested that the Universities and educational institutions should include the border areas in the curriculum and should hold regular educational tours for the students. “This will not only enable the students to have a feel of the political and patriotic fervor but also give them realisation of the hardships faced by the soldiers on the border who stay hungry and awake to guard us so that we can carry out our activities at our respective places,” the minister added.

While applauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to boost the morale of the security force as well as the population living along the borders, he said four per cent reservation has been earmarked in jobs and educational institutions for the youth living along the International Border (IB).

Dr Singh further added that the university scholars and various organisations working in the border areas could come out with certain concrete proposals that could be placed before the Ministry of Education, which is in the process of implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP). He also called for working out the feasibility of campus placement for jobs in security forces on the same lines as is done for jobs in sectors including Engineering and IT.

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