Kohima, Aug 25 : The Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Social Work (MGCSW), first of its kind in Nagaland, was set up at Chuchuyimlang under Mokokchung district as part of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Development (MGIED).
Official sources said here today that the Centre of Social Work has been established under the auspices of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)-as part of the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram Educational Project, which would initially offer Bachelor of Social Works course and Master of Social Works Would be added from the session 2011-2012 onwards.
Gradually, short term courses with special reference to the Northeast for various stake holders in development field such as Village Development functionaries, Government Officials, NGOs workers and workers in the Health Department shall be offered, sources said.
The MGCSW will have 24 seats for the current session, for which 22 applications have already been received and out of the 22, a total of 17 candidates were selected which has representations from Assam and Meghalaya, as well as through an elaborate selection process conducted at Guwahati.
Sources, quoting Dr Aotoshi, said trustee of the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram, Chuchuyimlang, will take over the classes in ashram's premises presently, but would be gradually shifted to the new complex being developed in a compact area of 230 Acres of land donated by Chuchuyimlang Village Council without any cost or conditions.
The complex will be developed as a flagship programme to commemorate the 25 years of existence of the IGNOU, sources added.
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