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COVER STORY International Year of Cooperatives

Efforts to boost the new generation’s affinity for cooperatives

Although approximately 320 million people in the country are associated with cooperatives in
some form or another, the central government wants to strengthen the cooperative foundation
by associating it with the future generation. This is why, under the guidance of the Ministry
of Cooperation and in consultation with NCERT, the National Council for Cooperative
Training (NCCT) has developed a special curriculum on cooperatives. Its goal is to make
school students aware of the role of cooperatives in nation-building and inspire them to pursue
a career in the cooperative sector. This special curriculum will be offered to secondary-level
students in schools with the NCERT curriculum.

n Under the direction of the Ministry of n Vaibhav Shankar Mittal National Institute of
Cooperation and the efforts of the National Cooperative Management, Pune, has initiated
Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT), to launch a new course, 'PGDM-Cooperation',
NCERT has included a chapter on cooperation affiliated to AICTE, New Delhi, for the
in the Class 6 curriculum to provide students academic session 2025. 30 students can be
with basic knowledge of the cooperative admitted to this course.
movement.

TSU will guide cooperative n TSU will establish sector-specific
governance, education, educational and training centers in
and research various states, to establish institutions
related to dairy cooperatives in
Tribhuvan Cooperative University (TSU) will not only Gujarat, fisheries cooperatives
empower rural India but also pave the way for transparent, in Kerala, cooperative finance
in Maharashtra, and women's
professional, and inclusive development. It will provide a new cooperatives in Uttar
direction for cooperative education, research, and governance Pradesh and Bihar.
in India. It will be the premier institution for cooperative
education. A three-tier curriculum system has been designed. n The curriculum will be
At the operational level, courses will be offered to those in alignment with the
with 10th-grade education to provide essential foundational National Education
Policy 2020, emphasizing
knowledge and technical skills. Diploma programs will be multidisciplinary studies.
offered at the supervisory level, suitable for those in middle The university aims to
management of cooperative institutions. At the managerial train 800,000 students
level, degree and PhD programs will be offered. The annually through digital
university will develop e-learning platforms using cutting- platforms. The university
edge technologies to provide quality education to cooperative will be fully operational in
workers living in remote areas. 2026.

systematic and all-round development of the coop- COOPERATIVE UNIVERSITY TO CON-
erative sector. The policy’s mission is to achieve 16 NECT THE YOUNGER GENERATION
objectives over the next 10 years, grouped under WITH COOPERATIVES
six strategic missions. The objective of the National With the mantra of generational development,
Cooperative Policy, 2025, summarized in one sen- Tribhuvan Cooperative University has been es-
tence, is to make India a developed nation by 2047 tablished in Gujarat. Parliament enacted a law for
through “Sahkar Se Samriddhi.” this in March 2025. However, its jurisdiction will be
across India. This will provide trained resources

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