CBSE students to get moral lessons via kit

NEW DELHI: With an aim to reinforce values in students, CBSE has introduced an education kit. Launched by HRD minister, M M Pallam Raju on Thursday, the kit is expected to serve as a broad guideline on moral education for teachers across all classes. CBSE recently decided to introduce 'value-based questions' of three to five marks in all major subjects in Class XII board exams.
The kit consists of a value education teachers' handbook and a CD with eight songs. It also has cards on morals for students from nursery to Class XII. "Universal ideals of love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, humility, non-violence and sacrifice are the cornerstone of education," Raju said.
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. Value education questions will be integrated with the subject content for classes XI and XII and have 5% weightage.
Minister of state for HRD, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Pradeep Kumar, secretary, School Education and Literacy, R Bhattacharya and CBSE chairman, Vineet Joshi were also present.