Against the backdrop of a raging controversy over saffronisation of education, JNU has proposed to introduce short-term courses on "Indian Culture" and "Yoga" to propagate the spiritual and mythological aspects of the country and establish Indian values in the world. The varsity has a proposal ready in this regard and a draft of three such courses has been circulated among various schools and departments of JNU for their feedback. The matter will be placed before the JNU Academic Council (AC) on October 30. The HRD ministry officials, however, feigned ignorance over such development. According to the draft, the course on Indian culture aims to expound the importance of the countrys culture as well as explore the etymological, social, spiritual, cultural and mythological aspects. The course will contain the texts, thoughts and traditions of different cultures and include things like religious systems in Indian culture among others. Besides, it will have portions from Vedas and selections from "epics and Jatakas" and suggestions on readings of Hindu epics like the Ramayana. "Indian values play a huge role in promoting peace and brotherhood. The course will include a basic study of Indian culture to establish Indian rituals and values in the world and derive ways from these sources to make human life better," a senior varsity official said on the condition of anonymity. Similarly, a course in Yoga will also be offered with its focus not only on meditation and spirituality but also for good health. "These courses will be offered part-time and whether or not they will be credit courses is yet to be decided. Details about the school offering them and the duration will also be worked out post the AC approval
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Monday, 19 October 2015
Against the backdrop of a raging controversy over saffronisation of education, JNU has proposed to introduce short-term courses on "Indian Culture" and "Yoga" to propagate the spiritual and mythological aspects of the country and establish Indian values in the world. The varsity has a proposal ready in this regard and a draft of three such courses has been circulated among various schools and departments of JNU for their feedback. The matter will be placed before the JNU Academic Council (AC) on October 30. The HRD ministry officials, however, feigned ignorance over such development. According to the draft, the course on Indian culture aims to expound the importance of the countrys culture as well as explore the etymological, social, spiritual, cultural and mythological aspects. The course will contain the texts, thoughts and traditions of different cultures and include things like religious systems in Indian culture among others. Besides, it will have portions from Vedas and selections from "epics and Jatakas" and suggestions on readings of Hindu epics like the Ramayana. "Indian values play a huge role in promoting peace and brotherhood. The course will include a basic study of Indian culture to establish Indian rituals and values in the world and derive ways from these sources to make human life better," a senior varsity official said on the condition of anonymity. Similarly, a course in Yoga will also be offered with its focus not only on meditation and spirituality but also for good health. "These courses will be offered part-time and whether or not they will be credit courses is yet to be decided. Details about the school offering them and the duration will also be worked out post the AC approvalThursday, 24 September 2015
All Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country have been asked to follow the NCERT syllabus on yoga education and create awareness on a "priority" basis about the benefits of yoga among the students.
HRD Ministry Smriti Irani had in June this year released course material and syllabus for yoga designed by NCERT for classes VI-X and had also introduced yoga as a training module in teacher education programmes.
"Syllabus prescribed by NCERT should be followed by all the schools" and "creating awareness among the students about the benefits of Yoga should be given priority," the annual KV deputy commissioners conference held in July this year has resolved.
The meeting also decided to set up language labs at schools utilising existing infrastructure to hone language skills of students and especially the primary school teachers.
Short duration training programmes exclusively for enhancing communication of Principals would also be organised, said the minutes of the meeting.
To ensure better performance, the meeting decided that every region should fix an achievable target for the Board result for the session 2015-16 -- higher than that achieved in the session 2014-15 -- and also fix a target for each of the schools under their jurisdiction.
All the Regions should prepare a workable strategy for their schools for achieving the set target and need based training would be organised by the regions for improving the result in subjects such as Mathematics, Economics, Accountancy, Business studies.
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan would review the existing CCE pattern being followed in Classes I to VIII with a view to strengthen it.
Illustrious alumni from the schools have also been invited to involved in interacting with the students and enriching them.
