GANDHINAGAR: If all goes as deliberate, youngsters finding out in Gujarat colleges will study to recite shlokas and write essays on the Bhagwad Gita from the following tutorial 12 months.
The Gujarat authorities on Thursday introduced within the ongoing meeting session that the holy scripture will likely be taught to college students from Courses 6 to 12 starting June 2022. In one other important choice, the federal government has additionally determined to introduce English topic compulsorily from Class 1.
After schooling minister Jitu Vaghani made these bulletins, separate authorities resolutions for each choices have been additionally issued. The selections will likely be relevant to colleges affiliated to the Gujarat Secondary and Larger Secondary Training Board (GSHSEB).
"Folks from all faiths have accepted the ethical values and rules outlined within the historic Hindu scripture," Vaghani advised mediapersons in Gandhinagar, whereas explaining the rationale behind the choice to introduce the Gita in schooling.
"The choice to introduce the values and rules enshrined within the holy textual content in class curriculum is according to the brand new Nationwide Training Coverage unveiled by the Centre, which advocates the introduction of recent and historic tradition, traditions, and information programs. That is being carried out in order that college students can really feel pleased with India's wealthy and various tradition," the minister stated.
"We've got determined to introduce the Gita within the faculty curriculum from Courses 6 to 12. The scripture will likely be launched within the 'Sarvangi Shikshan' (holistic schooling) textbook for college students of Courses 6 to eight. Will probably be launched within the type of storytelling in textbooks of the primary language for Courses 9 to 12," he stated.
Colleges may also organise actions based mostly on the scripture akin to prayers, shloka recitation, comprehension, drama, quiz, portray, and elocution competitions, he stated. Research materials akin to books and audio-video CDs will likely be offered to colleges by the federal government, the minister added. College students may also be launched to English in Class 1 from the following tutorial session, as a substitute of Class 3 as is the present apply. From June, college students will likely be taught listening and talking expertise in Class 1 and a pair of after which they may have common textbooks on English from class 3 onwards, the GR says.
It provides that the modifications are being made to carry Gujarat's schooling system in congruence with the Nationwide Training Coverage 2020, which mentions that youngsters decide up a number of languages very simply between the ages of two and eight.
Twenty years in the past, an identical try had been made to introduce English as a topic in Class 1. Since all stakeholders didn't comply with the proposal, it was placed on the back-burner.