Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha has introduced an aspirational curriculum at the secondary level, a notification issued by the board informed Thursday.
According to the notification, the aspirational components of this curriculum include Book Review, Project Work, Information Technology (IT) skills and Co-curricular Activities.
To strengthen student participation in these aspirational areas, a student-led ‘club system’ is being established across all secondary schools in the state, the notification read.
The notification elucidated that ‘students clubs’ are small learning communities, equipping students to learn, adapt and enhance various skills and behaviours.
School clubs: With an aim to nurture the students for future-ready skills, it is decided to introduce four clubs in secondary schools.
Jigyansa – Science, Nature & Culture Exploration Club
Sahitya Srujani – Literary & Artistic Club
Kaushali – Computing (ICT) & Social Innovation Club
Kridangan – Sports and life skill development Club
The clubs will comprise a pilot, a co-pilot, a mentor, two class or section representatives and student members.
A teacher, nominated by the headmaster, will function as the mentor. The mentor will be assigned to guide the students as per the requirements of the club.
For clubs such as Sahitya Srujani and Kaushali, more than one subject is tagged to the system. Teachers from each subject will become either mentor or co-mentor for that club. The senior most teacher among them will be the mentor and another teacher will act as co-mentor in each club.
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