UP primary schools to get 'Happiness Curriculum’ from next session

The department is preparing the course keeping in mind the geographical and cultural conditions of Uttar Pradesh

Following the footsteps of Chhattisgarh and Delhi, the government of Uttar Pradesh is prepping up to implement the ‘happiness curriculum’ in primary schools of the state under a pilot project to make the students more sensitive towards nature, society and the country, according to NDTV report.

The department is preparing the course keeping in mind the geographical and cultural conditions of Uttar Pradesh, told the state in-charge (happiness curriculum) Saurabh Malviya, who was there to participate in a six-day workshop at the State Institute of Educational Management and Training.

Informing that under this curriculum, the children will be taught mediation as well, Malviya said that the happiness curriculum will be introduced to the students of Classes 1 to 8. It will enable them to connect with themselves, family, society, nature and the country. It will also help them understand interrelationships.

A total of 150 schools in 15 districts have been directed to work on the curriculum as part of the pilot project. Five books will be prepared for the children in Classes 1 to 5. In this sequence, the subject matter of the curriculum is being prepared by organising a workshop of 32 teachers, he said.

It is being expected that the government is doing preparations to implement the course from the next session starting in April 2022. According to the course there are 1,30,000 primary schools in Uttar Pradesh where seven lakh teachers are employed. Based on the evaluation of the pilot project, the state government may consider implementing the happiness curriculum in all schools.

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