In view of recent incidents of murder, rape and physical violence in school campuses, the Delhi government is introducing daily ‘happiness’ classes for students of Classes nursery to 8. The education system needs to create happier, confident and self-aware citizens. Sisodia was speaking at this year’s Excellence in Education awards to facilitate schools and students for their performance. Many of the perversions we see in society are due to our education system not being able to answer questions of human happiness and fulfilment,” Sisodia said in a note. Officials said the SCERT is developing a set of learning outcomes for a ‘happiness’ curriculum.

Source: Hindustan Times February 07, 2018 18:00 UTC