Community Based Training Program (CBTP)

Community Based Training Program (CBTP)

news image:

CBTP is one of the components of CBE which starts from first year and extended to graduation. The number of CBTP phases in each program is less by one year (N-1). In each year the students are exposed to courses that are prerequisite courses to implement CBTP. Therefore, the quality and the depth of CBTP is expected to improve in the subsequent phases of CBTP. As part of CBE activity students are given orientation before they are assigned to the community. The orientation focuses on creation of awareness of students with norms and cultures of the community. The orientation of students is required because the students are coming from different regions with their own culture and may not be well versed with norms and cultures of the community. The students are also oriented on techniques of instrument development, data collection and culture of team work. A group of students are assigned to a community for at least four weeks every academic year. The CBE activity has field work and desk work. The CBE activity involves community selection, getting the list of households, sampling of the respondents and collection of data. The Guidelines and Procedures for Community Based Education data is analyzed, documented and presented which is a part of desk work. The same group of students will be assigned to the same locality in the subsequent years, this ensures knowing the real problems of the locality and lead into making difference in the community through working together with the community and other stake holders involve in community development for extended period. Colleges are the main drivers of CBTP implementation. There are also resources shared among colleges. Therefore, proper planning is crucial to implement CBTP and bring benefit to all stakeholders.

The work plan should be geared to enable students to use locally available resources and utilize appropriate technology. The Research, CBE and PG coordination office of each college in collaboration with the central CBE and concerned offices plans and put up schedules and mobilizes students to pass through the problem solving steps that included problem identification, implementation and evaluation

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *