Guidelines
Guidelines
1. Introduction
To promote the Youth Parliament program of the Ministry, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has developed a dedicated web portal. This portal contains various e-training resources in the form of tutorials, literature, training videos, etc., for e-training and self-learning of the participants. The portal will be used for implementing and monitoring the Youth Parliament program of the Ministry.
2. Objective
The objective of the web portal of Youth Parliament is to strengthen the roots of democracy, inculcate healthy habits of discipline, and tolerance of the view of others and to enable the student community to know about practices and procedures of the Parliament.
3. Who can participate in scheme?
All recognized educational institutions of the country are eligible to participate in the ‘Portal-Based Youth Parliament Programme’.
4. Participation under the programme
The registration of participation shall be done through the Youth Parliament portal. The schools/ institutions shall be able to register themselves through the Aadhaar credentials of the Principal/ Head/ Registrar/ Dean or as may be prescribed from time to time.
5. Duration of Youth Parliament sitting
The duration of the sitting of the ‘Youth Parliament’ should not exceed one hour.
6. Subjects for discussion at the Youth Parliament
The subjects selected for discussion in the Youth Parliament should, as far as possible, be non-controversial. Matters raised in the Youth Parliament may relate to welfare activities, national defence, social justice, social reforms, economic development, communal harmony, education, government welfare schemes, health, student discipline, etc. No direct or indirect remarks should be made in the speeches that cast aspersions on political parties, leaders, or individuals. Every year, a common theme on government policies and programs may be fixed for the Youth Parliament.
7. Language
The participants may speak in any Scheduled language preferably in Gujarati, Hindi or English.
8. Venue
Each institution shall hold the Youth Parliament sitting on its own premises.
9. Number of Participants in the Youth Parliament
Each Youth Parliament sitting may consist of about 50-55 students.
10. Selection of Students
Schools shall select students of class IX to XII with the approval of their principal for the Kishore Sabha of Youth Parliament. Similarly, Universities/ Colleges shall select students of undergraduate and postgraduate levels with the approval of their Registrar/ Dean for Tarun Sabha of Youth Parliament.
11. Outline of the programme
(a) The programme envisages Kishore Sabha for the students of Class IX to Class XII and Tarun Sabha for the students of undergraduate/postgraduate level.
(b) All recognized educational institutions of the country, that are willing to participate in the Youth Parliament Programme, have to register themselves on the web portal. After successful registration, they will be able to conduct a youth parliament programme in their respective institutions.
(c) To ensure effective implementation of the scheme, the participating institutions may invite an MP/ex-MP/ MLA/ Ex-MLA/ MLC/ Ex-MLC or a Person of eminence as the Chief Guest who would oversee the performance of the Youth Parliament sitting of the institution.
(d) The institutions shall upload the reports and photos/ videos of Youth Parliament conducted by them on the web portal for scrutiny and verification by the Ministry.
(e) If reports and photos/ videos of Youth Parliament are found to be in order after scrutiny and verification, participating students will get a digital “Certificate of Participation” and teachers-in-charge / heads of institutions will get a digital “Certificate of Appreciation” for the programme.
12. Programme timeline
Cycle-I
Cycle-II
13. Certificates
Every student taking part in the competition shall get a ‘Certificate of Participation’ and the Teacher in charge/ Head of the Institution shall get a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’. The principal/ Head of the Institution with login credentials shall be able to print the certificate and distribute it to the participants.
