Defence academy syllabus to be revised every five years

Recently,the NDA had introduced some of the contemporary topics such as nano technology and environment science related topics in its syllabus. “The change in syllabus is accompanied by faculty,finance and infrastructure upgradation and though the revising committee was constituted in 2003,the suggestions were implemented only in phased manner over the past few years,but now the revision would be in five-years time ,” added the official.

The decision aims at creating a good military officer with sound military knowledge to meet the expectations of various services,the officer said.

Earlier,the academy underwent a major syllabus revision in 1969 where the syllabus was changed on the of basis inputs given by a committee headed by one Dr Mahajani. “The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) affiliation occurred in 1974 post which the revision occurred only after a gap of 12 years when a committee headed by Vice Admiral Nadkarni suggested an increase in the number of service- related subjects in the syllabus,” added the officer.

While the 10+2+3 formula,wherein the admission was given after class XII,came into being in 1989,the next revision took place only 10 years later in 1999 when BSc Computer Science was introduced at the NDA. “It was then the management also decided to reduce the number of foreign languages from seven to four. The last revision took place in 2003 when a foundation course that amalgamated military training with general study,which involved environmental study,economics,geo politics,area studies and current issues,was introduced,” added the official.