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The fine arts course started by the Delhi government has transformed the lives of students and teachers (File photo: Twitter/@atishi)
Fine arts courses launched by the Delhi government have transformed the lives of 3,980 students and 89 teachers and enabled students in the age group of 3 to 10 years to develop specific competencies.
Nearly 4,000 students in Delhi government schools have received training in various fine arts through an initiative launched three years ago, according to a report by the Delhi government. Education Minister Atishi on Tuesday.
Launched as a joint pilot project by the state government and Nalandave Foundation, a city-based NGO, the Delhi Art Curriculum Initiative allows students from underprivileged communities to choose from five art forms including music, dance and theatre.
Launching the report, Atishi said that ‘Art Integrated Learning’ will enable children to identify their artistic skills and express themselves with confidence.
“When a child comes to school every morning, he/she is highly energetic and full of unbridled curiosity. It is of utmost importance that we make changes in the way of teaching and learning to ensure that we can take advantage of this curiosity and Help the child learn as much as possible,” Atishi said.
The curriculum report by the Nalandave Foundation states, “The Delhi Art Curriculum, which was conducted in nine government schools here, has transformed the lives of 3,980 students and 89 teachers and has helped students aged 3 to 10 achieve five Enabled to develop specific competencies in different arts. Forms – Visual arts, music, dance, theater and media arts. “Three years ago, when we signed an MoU with the Delhi government to introduce art curriculum in government schools, we created opportunities for introducing different art forms into the curriculum every day for students aged 3 to 13. Used,” said Sriram V. , Founder and CEO of Nalandave Foundation.
“At the end of the artistic academic year, we were thrilled with the results for the children as well as the teachers,” he said.
Citing the NGO’s success with other state governments, such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, Sriram said his organization would partner with the Delhi government by introducing art-based skill training for teachers in all schools. Will take it forward. National Capital.
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