Govt Plans Integration of Skills in the School Curriculum
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Govt Plans Integration of Skills in the School Curriculum
Secretary, Higher Education, K. Sanjay Murthy; Secretary Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Atul Kumar Tiwari and Secretary Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education Sanjay Kumar on April 17 held a curtain raiser press conference on the upcoming 3rd Education Working Group meeting and precursory events in Bhubaneswar.
While addressing the press conference Murthy informed that the 3rd meeting of the Education Working Group will be held in Bhubaneswar from April 27-28, 2023 and the precursor events to the G20 Education Working Group Meetings would be held from April 23-26, 2023. A special exhibition on the theme of “Future of Work” will be organized and will be open to the public between April 23-25 and then on April 27 and 28.
Delegates from G20 countries would be attending these meetings. The programmes under the Education Working Group, selection of themes and ensuring reach to the youth of the country are being led by the Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, he added.
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In the case of Odisha, where the theme is ‘Future of Work’, the activities are based on the vision that there should be widespread deliberations and effective outreach in every district on the emerging skilling requirements and the need for continuous skilling, reskilling and up-skilling as relevant to the district.
Sanjay Kumar spoke about integration of skills in the school curriculum and equipping children with a range of future skills to set them on a course of lifelong learning. He informed about the breakout session on ‘integration of skills in school curriculum’ in the workshop on ‘Future of Work’ between India and Singapore on 25th April of the Working group meeting.
The discussions will also be organised on ‘equipping children with a range of future skills’ to set them on a course of lifelong learning, he added. The Secretary also informed that as recommended under NEP 2020, exposure to skill Education from class 6 will be provided. It will be optional for class 9 and 10 and compulsory for class 11 and 12.
