Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reviewed the content of Deshbhakti curriculum and emphasised that the proposed learning goals should be simple and clear enough for the parents to understand and be an active participant in their child's learning.
The deputy chief minister chaired the third joint review meeting of the board and new curriculum committee on Saturday to take stock of the progress so far.
The Curriculum and board committees were consituted in July 2020 to recommend new curriculum for children upto the age of 14 years and setting up of Delhi Examination Board. Both committees are likely to submit their recommendations by mid November.
The work on introducing the Deshbhakti curriculum started last year after the announcement of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Explaining the key features of Deshbhakti, Sisodia said that assessment would be the basis of Deshbhakti Curriculum.
"Issues like inclusiveness, gender, different forms of discrimination, integrity, care for public property and natural resources, etc would be the key to enable the child to become true Deshbhakt," he said.
Moving further, the new curriculum committee is mandated to recommend new curriculum for children below 14 years presented the curricular design for enabling children in the age group of 3-8 years with diversity of knowledge, competencies, values and attitudes.
Along the similar lines, the committee will recommend curriculum for children in the age group of 8-11 and 11-14 as well, the government said in a statement.
Sisodia appreciated the approach of the Curriculum Committee which seeks to connect the curriculum with real life situations.
The deputy chief minister said “During the parent teacher meetings, I have often seen teachers and parents talking only about the subjects and marks obtained by the students. Through our new curriculum and assessment practice, the conversation between the parents and teachers should shift to overall growth of the child”.
Sisodia said, "Assessment is an integral part of Curriculum. Learning does not happen only inside the schools; a child learns from his/her environment outside school also. A robust assessment system should capture every aspect of a child’s growth".
Sisodia asked the committee members to create tools for parents also by which they can see the progress of their child.
He appreciated the efforts of the committee members and said that their work is very critical in transforming the education system of Delhi.