Delhi government to soon launch entrepreneurship curriculum

The Delhi government will soon launch the entrepreneurship curriculum, which will have no exams, books or evaluation. The government will be starting the entrepreneurship curriculum as a pilot project in 15 to 20 schools in April. It will be introduced full-fledged in all government schools in July.

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in its governing council meeting chaired by Manish Sisodia, the Education Minister of Delhi, has given approval to the framework of entrepreneurship curriculum.

The statement said, "The framework has been made by a 16-member committee comprising SCERT teachers, NCERT teachers working on entrepreneurship, teachers of prominent private schools and many experts of the field."

"The framework will be launched on February 13 in Delhi. The chief minister will chair the programme and Dharampal of MDH Masala fame will be the chief guest on the occasion. The launch will also be attended by several other entrepreneurs from different fields," the statement added.

The entrepreneurship curriculum will be taught from classes 9 to 12 for equipping the students to face in a better way the challenges of life after education.