The University Grants Commission has instructed all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to introduce courses on disaster risk reduction and management at both Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate level (UG). The Commission also said that the model syllabus have been prepared to take care of the new concepts, skills and to build the capacity of the students towards disaster preparedness and management.
“All the HEIs and their affiliated colleges and institutions are requested to immediately initiate courses on disaster risk reduction and management at UG and PG level to make the nation safer and resilient to disasters by the year 2030,” UGC secretary Rajnish Jain, said in a circular, which was sent to all the vice-chancellors of universities and principals of all the colleges. Accordingly, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a common model course curriculum on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Management at UG and PG level, which was recently prepared by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in consultation with experts from across the country and academia.
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