Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal discussed the introduction of a new curriculum in the schools of the national capital and said that the Delhi government has decided to discuss patriotism in schools every day for an hour to make students ‘kattar deshbhakts’.
The introduction of the Deshbhakti curriculum in Delhi schools has been discussed before by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also the education minister of Delhi. The curriculum will most likely be implemented in the upcoming academic session.
Kejriwal also laid the foundation stone of the sewage project in Kirari. He said, “We have allocated 500 crores budget for the sewage project in Kirari. We want your (public) support to complete the project before four years. Please cooperate when the work starts.”
Highlights of Delhi education budget
During the Delhi budget meeting on March 9, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had announced that a ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ will be started in Delhi schools under the Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on “patriotism” for the financial year 2021-22.
Apart from the curriculum on patriotism, a new curriculum is being designed for the students of class nursery to 8, and Delhi’s own educational board, called the Delhi Board of School Education, is being set up in the national capital.
