NCERT to introduce Human Rights as subject

New Delhi: There were over 55,000 in Uttar Pradesh, 5616 in Delhi and 3816 in Gujarat in the past year. Figures that shout out the disregard, the ignorance to Human Rights. But the National Human Rights Commission, now wants to bring human rights from the limited domain of legalislation, to being a part of social ethic.

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is planning to introduce the human rights as a subject at the higher secondary level.

Chairperson, NHRC Justice Rajendra Babu said, "If we teach our constitutional rights, that is enough, but we can also bring to their knowledge the international documents of these issues. This is our effort thereby to develop a proper value for children to understand this aspect of human rights education."

The initiative comes in association with the NCERT, which claims to have already introduced human rights in sociology, political science, environment studies books. It could even become an elective subject for 11th and 12th standards.

DESSH & Dean (Academic), NCERT Savita Sinha said, "Giving a proper space in the school curriculum is necessary. So it should not be loaded with a lot of content.”

The approach will be largely participatory, using methods like group study, games, drawing, essay and poem-writing. Also, students sharing experiences, inspecting places and submitting petitions. The proposal has already got a go ahead from the HRD Ministry.

Secretary (Education), HRD Ministry Anshu Vaish said, "Just including it in the syllabus or text books is not going to be enough. What needs to be done is to make sure that those issues and the way in which the child ought to imbibe those issues or values should reach the child.

And to reach out to more children, the programme will be designed in local languages as well.

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