A PILOT project from 2018 — training children on civic sense — will be integrated into the school curriculum this year in Goa. Of the core categories under civic sense, traffic is seen as a crucial “life saving” module, say experts with Goa Traffic Police who have been roped in to provide “educational feed” straight from their experiences.
Chairman of the Goa Education Development Corporation (GEDC), established under Goa Education Development Corporation Act, 2003, Kanta Patnekar said, “The review showed the need for these subjects. The response from students and teachers was encouraging.”
In 2017-18, the pilot was conducted following a discussion between then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and educationists in the state. Three subjects were introduced under umbrella topics: sanitation including personal sanitation, waste management, and traffic sense.
The pilot was introduced in 108 schools as “separate subjects” in three different phases divided between primary and secondary schools.
According to teachers, children have also started sensitising their parents on the lessons they learnt in school.
Read full news in this report of Smita Nair, published in The Indian Express... (Link given below)
This should be replicated in other states too. - Editor
