Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will begin training of teachers in ethics and integrity from 2019-20 session. The module is aimed at helping students to become better leaders of tomorrow. Teachers would have to attend a two-day workshop in which they will be trained to use plays, anecdotes and audio visual materials to teach students about ethics.
“The objective is to create an environment in which existing practices and policies can be critically examined and students can be sensitised,” stated a circular issued by the board. The teachers will be trained to teach students about responsibility, respect, fairness, trustworthiness and honesty through historical and current events.
“Academic curriculum is constantly updated to meet increasing demands of a changing society. Yet, we pay far less attention to habits that build ethical leaders,” CBSE’s circular stated. The teachers will be expected to teach students through discussion, write ups and articles by well-known thinkers such as American psychologist, author, columnist and youth development expert Marilyn Price-Mitcheland, according to CBSE. Teachers from the city have welcomed the move.
A group of teachers including Rinky Wadhwani said, “Value education is very much a part of all subjects that are taught currently. We are, however, hopeful that the training would help teachers learn new ways of teaching it.”Parents found the move essential and positive. “There was a time when teachers ensured that they passed on values to students along withbasic education but the trend vanished,” parent Anurag Jain said.Another parent Manish Chowdhury said, “Training is important for everyone. This training will prepare students to become better human beings.”
