Now, marks for donating blood on Gandhi Jayanti
JAIPUR: Government college students of the state this year will get additional marks for donating blood on Gandhi Jayanti. The marks were initially awarded for participating in the blood donation camps on Deen dayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary each year.
Until last year, additional 1% marks in the academics were awarded to the government college students who donated blood at camps organised on Deen dayal Upadhyay’s birth annivaersary which falls on September 25.
However, as per an order by the college education department, this year, the blood donation camp was organised on Gandhi Jayanti as a part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.
Officials said that additional marks will be awarded to students who donate blood for three consecutive years in blood donation camps.
“The students who donate blood in the camps organised in collaboration with the college education department and health department for three consecutive years will get 1% marks awarded in the academic. This has been the rule until last year when the camp was organised on the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay. The rule is still the same, only the date for organsing the donation camp has been changed to October 2 which is Gandhi Jayanti,” said Pradeep Kumar Borad, commissioner, college education department. Borad said that the years when the student might have donated blood during camps
organised on the birth anniversary Upadhyay will also be taken into consideration while rewarding the marks.
“It doesn’t matter whether the student has donated blood on the Upadhyay’s birth anniversary or Gadhi Jayanti, if the student has donated blood for the last two to three terms, marks will be awarded,” said Borad.
However, the department has
not yet decided to continue with the practice of organising the blood donation camp on Gandhi Jayanti for the next year.
Higher education minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati and other officials attended the blood donation camp organised on Wednesday where 10,000 litres of blood was collected as per a press release issued by the department.