Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday rolled out the pilot project for ‘Entrepreneurship Curriculum’ in  IX-XII class of  the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government run schools from April -2019.

Sisodia, who is also the Education Minister, has given the target of July for this curriculum in senior secondary schools and the basic trainings to be completed during summer vacation in May-June.

Directing the officials of Directorate of Education (DoE), Sisodia, said that basic trainings be conducted during the Summer Vacations and subsequently the Entrepreneurship Curriculum in all schools for Class IX to XII be launched in the first week of July, 2019.

As per the directions of DoE, Director State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) will set up a working group having faculties of SCERT/DIET, Principals or Teachers of DoE and external experts/practitioners.

“This group should be empowered to engage the services of other experts and pay the remunerations to them as per SCERT’s norm,” he added. 

Sisodia said, “Unemployment is one of the biggest problems being faced by our country. Every time when there is some job vacancy, even if at IV Grade, we see thousands of MBAs, Engineers even PhDs., apply for the post.” The problem with education is that in all schools and colleges, we are giving education to our next generation just to seek jobs. I personally have asked the students in various schools and colleges that ‘how many of you want to do job’ and ‘how many of you want to become entrepreneur’. In 99.9 percent cases, I have found that every student is studying for job,” he added.

Delhi government will initiate this program keeping the view of employment opportunity to the youngsters help to sustain in highly competitive era.  “Biggest question today is where are the job providers ?  “I have seen entrepreneurship programmes being carried out at various levels in some Universities and Schools but they are treating entrepreneurship as a skill and not as a mind set,” said Sisodia, adding, “That is why, despite so many programmes at various levels, we have not been able to produce entrepreneurship mind set who will ultimately become job providers in the society. This is a big lacuna.”

 “Our best brains are working to serve their companies. The hard work by best brains being produced in our country is giving economic benefits to those countries where their employers are from,” he added. “ If we can produce large-scale entrepreneurs in our country then they will not only solve the problem of unemployment but also will help the economy grow very fast,” Sisodia said.