Odisha Includes ‘Environmental Study & Disaster Management’ to UG Courses
Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha Government has decided to include ‘Environmental Study and Disaster Management’ to the syllabus of Undergraduate programme. This has been informed by State Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo. The new subject will be compulsory for +3 First Year students in Arts, Science and Commerce streams. The 4-unit syllabus [...]
Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Odisha Government has decided to include ‘Environmental Study and Disaster Management’ to the syllabus of Undergraduate programme.
This has been informed by State Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo.
The new subject will be compulsory for +3 First Year students in Arts, Science and Commerce streams.
The 4-unit syllabus will carry 100 marks in first semester examination.
At a cabinet meeting on May 29, 2021, Odisha Government had decided to introduce ‘disaster and pandemic preparedness’ as part of curriculum in schools and colleges. Accordingly, the State Higher Education Department has revised the existing model syllabus ‘Environmental Science’ as ‘Environmental Study and Disaster Management’.
The revised syllabus will be introduced in Undergraduate courses from this academic session.
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