Road safety has become the part of the academic curriculum in Government schools of Haryana.
The Manohar lal Khattar Government has introduced road safety education in class IV to X textbooks while the inclusion of same is under process in class XI and XII textbooks.
“Haryana Government has taken various steps to ensure road safety in the state. Road safety education related content has been incorporated in the textbooks of Environmental Studies subject for classes IV and V and textbooks of Social and Political life subject for classes VI to VIII whereas and for lass IX and X, contents on road safety have been included in the books of English and Hindi,” said a spokesman of Transport Department.
He said that as far as class XI and XII are concerned, contents for inclusion of material of road safety in the curriculum is under process.
The spokesman said that the State Government will set up four new institutes of driver training and research (IDTR) in the state to produce skilled and competent drivers and for imparting training to the applicant for granting learning and permanent license. These training and research institutes would be set up at village Kaluwas in district Bhiwani.