Delhi government seems to be on a mission to revamp the curriculum of its schools for a holistic development of the students. In a latest introduction, the government is ready to roll out ‘entrepreneurship’ curriculum in the schools. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “Government run schools may soon have an entrepreneurship curriculum for students of class 9 to class 12”. He said the initiative is aimed at making the students, future ready.
“We plan to introduce entrepreneurship curriculum in our schools for class 9 to 12 students. Entrepreneurship does not necessarily mean business, we plan to develop life skills, behavioral skills and to impart proper etiquettes into the minds of children in order to decondition them and make them future ready,” Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education Minister, said. “We need to teach them to dream by sharing real-life stories so that their mind can be evolved, and by doing this, we can build a better nation,” he said.
Earlier, Delhi government had introduced happiness curriculum in Delhi-based government schools as well. Yesterday it had announced introduction of ‘Cleanliness curriculum’.
Sisodia was speaking during a panel discussion on “Living Mindfully: Initiatives and Learnings” at New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM). He said the biggest reason why India has been a developing country since such a long time is because “we focus on schooling, not education”.
“We only study to get a degree but not adapt those lessons in our daily life,” the Deputy chief minister said.
Earlier on Thursday, while addressing convocation at the Delhi Technical University (DTU), Sisodia inspired young students to be entrepreneurs. He told students not to seek jobs but to create them.
“The nation expects you to be job providers. That’s the greatest need of the country today,” said Sisodia. He stressed that top institutes such as IITs, DTUs should take a resolution that the students passing out will majorly be job providers, not job seekers.