Naavu Manujaru’ programme

Current Context : The Karnataka government has ordered implementation of ‘Naavu Manujaru’ programme in schools to inculcate social harmony and Constitutional values among children.

ABOUT NAAVU MANUJARU’ PROGRAMME:

• Objective: To improve the capacity of the students to think independently, rationality and understand the pros and cons of every issue. It will also helpful for the overall development of the students.
• Implementation : all government, aided, and unaided primary and high schools of the State, would involve discussions and dialogues for two hours per week (with three periods of 40 minutes).
• It involves discussion on social harmony and its significance.
• It also includes thoughts of social reformers, discussion on nuclear and non-nuclear families, discussion on elimination of inequality and dialogue on constitutional values like equality, liberty and fraternity etc.
• Implementing agency: The Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) is the implementation authority of this programme.