The Delhi government is starting a 10-month-long campaign to help students connect with “constitutional values”. The programme, which will run in government as well as private schools, will start on July 1.
Students from classes VI to XII in all government and private schools will be required to engage with centrally decided monthly themes relating to the Constitution in one social science or political science class a week, and dedicate half a day every month to activities such as panel discussions and presentations on the same theme.
According to a government statement, the need for the campaign was felt because the standard response of teachers and students to the civics curriculum is that it is ‘boring’, ‘not relevant’ and ‘not practical’.
Read more of this in a report by Sukrita Baruah published in The Indian Express...
