Jai Ho for Arvind Kejriwal’s Happiness Curriculum!
March 20 is celebrated as International Day of Happiness. Happiness Curriculum – the Brain Child of Kejriwal’s Delhi Government – was launched on 2 nd July 2018 in the august presence of His Holiness Dalai Lama at Delhi. The Scheme was introduced in 1030 Delhi Government Schools to target students from Kindergarten to Class VIII. The Scheme is hailed as a shift from exam-and-marks-oriented education to holistic education with the focus on cognition, literacy, numeracy, values, and learner well being. The First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Melania Trump, during her maiden visit to India, attended a ‘happiness class’ at a government school in Delhi and interacted with its teachers and students. While the FLOTUS and other guests were watching a cultural performance happening on the stage, a little boy in the audience started dancing and won their attention. Witnessing the jolly kid’s impromptu dance, Mrs.Trump too smiled at the student, applauded and...