New Delhi: With an aim to reinforce values in students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced an education kit to help them carry forward these objectives. The kit was launched by the minister for human resource development M M Pallam Raju on Thursday. The board has recently decided to introduce ‘value-based questions’ of three to five marks in all major subjects in class XII board exams. The kit is expected to serve as a broad guideline for teachers on moral education across all classes.
The kit consists of a value education teachers’ handbook and a CD with eight songs. The kit also has values cards for students from nursery to standard 12. “Universal ideals of love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, humility, non-violence and sacrifice are the cornerstone of education,” Raju said during the launch of the kit.
Although
value education would be inculcated among all students in age-appropriate ways,
the board has issued specific guidelines to assess students for three to five
months in each subject at the summative assessment level in classes IX and X.
For higher classes, the CBSE has decided to follow an interdisciplinary approach in value education where values are intermingled with the content of all the major subjects in classes XI and XII . The board has also decided to add 5% weightage in the major subjects (English, Hindi, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, accountancy, history, geography , business studies, entrepreneurship and economics ) in classes XI and XII through questions which will be integrated with the content of the subject and analysed on the basis of the values it reflects.
For higher classes, the CBSE has decided to follow an interdisciplinary approach in value education where values are intermingled with the content of all the major subjects in classes XI and XII . The board has also decided to add 5% weightage in the major subjects (English, Hindi, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, accountancy, history, geography , business studies, entrepreneurship and economics ) in classes XI and XII through questions which will be integrated with the content of the subject and analysed on the basis of the values it reflects.
The
value education curriculum will offer a number of exciting learning experiences
through the kit, values cards and songs on the themes of solidarity, unity,
peace, and conservation of nature. The teachers’ handbook is a valuable
resource for them to come up with ideas to conduct lively and interactive
sessions in their classes. The activities, designed by education experts, allow
for more critical thinking about economic, social and moral issues as well as
about universal human values.
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