Civic authorities have made tie-ups with few NGOs to render value education to students of Chennai Corporation schools

Updated on: Saturday, September 22, 2012

In an effort to provide holistic education to students of Chennai Corporation schools, the civic authorities have made tie-ups with few non-profitable organisations to render value education through various activities.

The civic body has tied up with VSET, an organization specialising in value education that would provide training to schoolteachers and part-time teachers of the corporation schools.

Once a week, these teachers will impart the obtained training to students of Classes 6, 7 and 8.

According to a senior corporation official, after an excellent feedback from 27 middle schools, the corporation has decided to extend the training programme to teachers of 33 more middle schools.

The teachers are given content in the form of activity books and films that explain moral values, and advantages of handling situations in a more discerning manner.

The official also said that few students had told teachers that their anger levels and tempers have reduced to a great extent.

The content for the programme has been specially designed for corporation schools, taking into account the students' understanding of the language. Earlier, these films that were screened in English are now dubbed and screened in Tamil. The curriculum has also been slightly altered by adding few new topics and by removing some irrelevant topics.

Furthermore, the corporation has also tied up with The Aseema Trust that specialises in spreading the message of Gandhism, along with arts and education.

Schoolteacher of a corporation school said that several students suffer a lot of trauma at home with domestic abuse, alcoholic fathers and other family problems. They become mentally disturbed, affecting their studies, eventually dropping out of the school. Some of them take to drugs and alcohol.

She said that certainly these classes would help children with such issues.

Education department officials say these sessions would help reduce dropout rates in schools.

Civic authorities have made tie-ups with few NGOs to render value education to students of Chennai Corporation schools

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