Soon, CBSE schools in Kerala and Lakshadweep will start promoting the art, culture, and creativity among the students which will help them in showcasing their talents. According to the official of the board, this will contribute to the holistic development of the children.
“Co-curricular activities supplement and complement the curricular or main syllabi activities. These are very important to develop the studentsʼ personality as well as to strengthen classroom learning”, Tarun Kumar, CBSE Regional officer, Thiruvananthapuram, told PTI.
CBSE has already sent letters to all the 1350 schools in the Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep and has asked the schools to start video channel or use any free app where students can exhibit their skills.
Some schools have even started sharing the videos on Youtube and Vimeo. “We have prepared elaborate themes such as patriotism, love to humanity and compassion, empathy, caring and sharing, honesty, sincerity, and self-reliance as topics for the students to choose from, so that these human values can be inculcated”, Tarun Kumar said.
These extra-curricular activities can be anything such as skits, dance-drama, extempore, flash mob, rendition, shadow play, tableau, motivational speech, a short film scripted and directed by students or a cartoon strip.
Kumar told that all these activities should be organized in schools and no extra fee or participation fee will be charged from the students and the school should host the video of the best performer on weekly basis.