EDUCATION

NCERT to debate value-based education
Our Correspondent

New Delhi, August 16
Addressing the need for implementation of value-based education in schools, the National Council of Education and Training (NCERT) is organising a programme on ‘National Consultation on Value Education in Indian Schools –Experiences and strategies of Implementation’, from August 19 to 21.

The National Consultation is likely to address a range of issues with a focus on implementation of value education in schools. The programme has been visualised as a national-level initiative to sensitise parents, teachers, policy-makers, educationists and administrators for the need to promote value-based education.

The NCERT has envisaged a regional-level consultation and workshops on issues of awareness generation, teacher training and material development. Also proposed are linkages with state-level and district-level resource institutions, teacher-training institutions, decentralised management systems for implementation and monitoring of the programmes at the state and the grassroots-level.

The objectives of the National Consultation are to provide a forum for exchange of experiences about experimentation and innovation in value education in schools. It also proposes to deliberate on issues related to school programmes on value education, interfaith communication, role of parents, teachers and the media in value education and working on strategies for mass awareness and material development.

The participants will include eminent scholars, teachers, educators and administrators. Heads of state-level institutions like SCERT, SIETs and people from the government and non-government agencies are also participating in the three-day long function.

The conference scheduled to be held at the Jamia Hamdard Convention Centre, will be inaugurated by Rajya Sabha MP, Dr Karan Singh. Jurist and MP, Dr L. M. Singhvi will deliver the keynote address.

CULTURE

THE ACHIEVERS
‘I still have a long way to go’
Megha Manchanda

New Delhi, August 16
The exhibition of the paintings, made by Shekhar Mukherji, is on display at Rabindra Bhawan, from 11th to 18th August. With no specific theme, the painter admits that he kept the “special existence” (Wajood) in mind while painting them.

He also says that he wants to paint what people want to see. With these realistic views, the journey for this painter was not easy. “I had to struggle in my life to be where I am “, says Mukherji.

Born and brought up in West Bengal, Mukherji has been a keen follower of art. He took the profession of painting when he was in Class III. Till now, he has participated in various exhibitions and has won various prizes as well. He also participated in the 62nd All India Art Exhibition, the first exhibition at AIFACS, Delhi, in 1990. Presently, he is working as a Senior Art Teacher with DLDAV Model School, Pitampura, Delhi. He has made an effort to give a new perception to art through his painting, maintains the painter. His art is definitely for sale but first and foremost comes appreciation.

With tremendous knowledge and eye for art, loads of accolades and adulation, this painter still confesses he is not talented and has a long way to go.