1. ACTION PLAN
COMMUNITY SERVICES IN HIGHER
EDUCATION

2. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANISING
COMMUNITY SERVICES AT HEI
 STUDENTS
 Sensitivity and skills of students
 Varying curricular demands
 Motivation and commitment
 STRUCTURE
 Inter-linkages and commitments
 Curricular thrust
 Models of engagement
 Voice of client groups

3. COMPONENTS OF ACTION
PLAN
 PORTAL
 RESOURCE CENTRE
 INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICES IN
CURRICULUM
 BETTER VISIBILITY OF HEI’S INVOLVEMENT IN
SOCIETY

4. PORTAL
 A mechanism to engage different stakeholders
including students, teachers, educational institutes,
CBOs.
 To have the best possible combination for the student
 The needs of the community are valued.
 Generating awareness about CBOs’ work.
 Purpose of Portal to create awareness and improve
access to community services.

5. ESSENTIAL DIMENSIONS OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE
NEED
INTERVENTION
EVALUATIO
N

6. RESOURCE CENTRE IN COMMUNITY
SERVICES
 Capacity building of all stakeholders
 Basic orientation of students and teachers towards
community services
 Sensitizing them towards the community
 Convergence and exchange within disciplines to
centralize the process
 Evaluation and feedback both at departmental level
and central level.

7. INCLUDING COMMUNITY
SERVICES IN CURRICULUM
 Make it mandatory for departments of different higher
education institutes to include EFA initiatives in their
curriculum.
 Mentoring and sensitization at department level.
 Forming a link between the discipline and the EFA
initiatives.

8. BETTER VISIBILITY OF HEI’S
INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIETY
 Acknowledging, awarding and appreciating the efforts
of both students and teachers.
 Different forms of media can be used.

9.  Reflection on one’s efforts and involvement also
essential for personal growth and contribution towards
the community.
 Bidirectional process- Students are learning and
community is benefitting.