The Delhi Government would launch a special curriculum for the schools in the national Capital from next session with an aim to stimulate students to become entrepreneurs, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.

Sisodia said students need to become job providers and this curriculum will train them before they begin college.

"We had launched the 'happiness curriculum' in Government schools. Now we will launch the entrepreneurship curriculum from the next session onwards for secondary and senior secondary students," he said at the first convocation of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women.

"At such events (convocation) we should also celebrate those students who did not take up jobs and instead chose to provide jobs to others. The definition of patriotism should be extended to those who provide jobs," he said.

Under the curriculum, students above Class 9 will have a period every day where they will be encouraged and trained to opt for entrepreneurship and a conducive atmosphere would be created so that they do not step out of the schools thinking of a job-seeker course but with a thought of becoming an entrepreneur.

Around 1,100 students were awarded degrees at the convocation.

Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, who is the chancellor of the varsity, congratulated the students and also suggested that entrepreneurs should be supported by the government when they start out.

'Metro man' E Sreedharan was the chief guest at the event. He said the future of the country lies in the hands of engineers and technocrats and not politicians.

Apart from Happiness and Entrepreneurship curriculum, the Delhi Government is also planning for an activity-based curriculum to inculcate habits of cleanliness and hygiene among the students.