KITE develops online portals to digitise NSS activities

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Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the technology wing of the General Education Department has successfully implemented comprehensive online management portals to fully digitise the activities of the National Service Scheme (NSS) across higher secondary (HS) and vocational higher secondary (VHSE) schools in the State.

It is for the first time in India that the administrative processes for NSS units, which involve approximately two lakh students, are being transitioned to an entirely online platform, commencing the 2025-26 academic year, an official release stated.

The portal for the 1,529 HS units is accessible at www.dhsenss.kite.kerala.gov.in, and the portal for the 345 VHSE units can be accessed through www.vhsenss.kite.kerala.gov.in.

According to KITE chief executive officer k. Anvar Sadath, the new NSS management system significantly streamlines operations and reduces the administrative workload for programme officers (POs) in schools.

These officials can now directly schedule all activities based on the action plan, and instantly and digitally record the attendance for every session. A major reform is the transition of all registers, including the cash book from manual record-keeping to a fully online format. This will substantially reduce the need for extensive physical documentation.

Moreover, the portal enables comprehensive evaluation of unit activities, orientation and community camp activities with camp and inter-district evaluations now systematically conducted by the respective district and State authorities through the system.

The release added that the digital transformation expands upon the successful model pioneered by KITE’s ‘Little KITES’ IT Clubs, which already manages student selection, attendance, camp arrangements, financial records, grading and certificate distribution completely online for 1.8 lakh students annually. The NSS system, which enhances data transparency, provides POs and other authorities access to comprehensive reports concerning volunteers, units and their activities.