Home Science as minimum qualification for CDPO demanded

BHUBANESWAR: The students of BSc (Home Science) started indefinite day and night dharna in front of the State Assembly here on Tuesday demanding BSc (Home Science) as minimum qualification for the post of Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) under the project of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

According to a student Lila Lalantika Debi, BSc (Home Science) is a 4-year technical degree course under Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology. These days they are demanding to set BSc (Home Science) as minimum qualification for the post of CDPO as their syllabus is highly suitable for various integrated child development schemes under the Government of Odisha, she added.

“If these students get appointed in several schemes on women and children development, the project will run more affectively,” said Lalantika Debi, adding, “But, their lament is that they could not get employment opportunity even after completion of their 4-year technical course.”

Notably, the students had conducted a rally on March 14, three days dharna at the Lower PMG and two weeks long dharna in front of their college to express their demands. Neither the Government nor the authority of their university took responsive action towards their demand as a result they again sat in dharna.