Delhi govt to redesign, beautify 540 km-long roads
I-Day will cease to be symbolic in schools, will now have substantive meaning: CM
The Delhi government will implement a Deshbhakti Curriculum in its schools on the 75th anniversary of Independence to instill patriotism in young minds, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday.
Kejriwal was presented a copy of the Deshbhakti Curriculum Framework to initiate its roll-out. “We kept on teaching Physics, Chemistry, Maths for 70 years, no one thought of teaching children Deshbhakti. I am delighted that the Deshbhakti Curriculum will be launched in schools of Delhi to instill patriotism in young minds, he said.
The chief minister said that the Deshbhakti Curriculum will help realise the dreams of freedom fighters and the celebration of Independence Day will cease to be symbolic in schools but will now have a substantive meaning.
He also said that the government is fully committed to celebrate the spirit of independence each day and has learnt a lot in the process of making the curriculum framework.
“When we started working on the Deshbhakti Curriculum two years ago, we did not know how it would be and how it would happen. It is a dynamic and constantly evolving process. We have learnt a lot during its pilot and will continue to learn more with time. We also have to take care of the assessment intricately. While we keep our anecdotal experiences in mind we have to objectively assess if patriotic feelings are actually being instilled in the minds of our children,” he added.
Kejriwal had announced the vision of the Deshbhakti Curriculum on the 73rd Independence Day celebrations in 2019. The Deshbhakti Curriculum Committee submitted the framework which was approved by the Governing Council of SCERT on August 6.
On Saturday, the SCERT director presented a copy of the Deshbhakti Curriculum Framework to Kejriwal. He was accompanied by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and senior education department officials.
The Delhi government will redesign and beautify 540 kilometre-long roads in the national capital according to European standards, Kejriwal said on Saturday. The chief minister visited a pilot project being undertaken on the 800-metre-long Chirag Delhi-Sheikh Sarai stretch. He said the redesigned stretch will be evaluated and its shortcomings will be rectified.
"Now, we will undertake beautification and redesigning of 540 km of 100 feet wide roads on the line of European standards under the first phase," he told reporters.
The agencies of the Delhi government, including the Public Works Department, own 1,280 kilometre-long roads in the city. "The roads of Delhi are being beautified and redesigned. Inspected a sample design of a road today. Now, we will beautify 540 km-long roads," he tweeted after the visit along with PWD minister Satyendar Jain.