In an effort to inculcate patriotism among school students, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, launched ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ for all state government schools at an event organised at Chhatrasal Stadium.
Speaking at the event, CM Kejriwal stated that “With this curriculum, we will not just produce doctors, engineers, lawyers and other professionals, but we will produce a patriot doctor, a patriot engineer and a patriot lawyer, who will put their country first. They will no longer be driven by the money factor. Instead, they will do what is best for their nation and countrymen.”
He also added that “Patriotism is not something that one should feel only when there is a flag hoisting or when national anthem is sung as is the case nowadays rather it should be a evolving feeling among all of us. That is what we aim to achieve through this curriculum,” Kejriwal said at the event addressing hundreds of students and teachers from Delhi government schools.
The CM had announced the plan of launching this curriculum during the 73rd Independence Day celebrations in 2019. According to the Delhi government’s education department, there will be one patriotic period every day for class nursery to 8 and once a week for classes 9 to 12 once the schools reopen completely in the national capital.
Three nodal teachers have been appointed in every school to ensure proper implementation of the patriotic curriculum, one each for class nursery to 5th, class 6th to 8th and class 9th to 12th, informed the statement. In order to train the nodal teachers, an orientation programme is to be organised by NCERT for all these nodal teachers from September 29 to October 5, in which they will be trained on how the feeling of patriotism can be inculcated in the children.
During these patriotic classes, students will begin the period with the meditation of five minutes and will be asked to remember any five freedom fighters to pay their gratitude towards them.
