Gender equity curriculum in Odisha govt schools soon- Education News

A gender equity curriculum will soon be introduced for Odisha government schools students in order to change their views, aspirations, and behaviour with respect to gender.

On Monday in Bhubaneswar, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal), South Asia, and the women’s rights organisation Breakthrough signed an agreement.

According to a formal statement, the new gender equity curriculum includes interactive class discussions to educate adolescent boys and girls to consider the culturally imbedded gender norms, roles, and discriminatory actions. By August, it will be included in the social studies curriculum for boys and girls in Classes 6 to 10 in more than 18,000 elementary and 5,000 secondary institutions.

“Therefore, we need to ensure that children, especially those between the 10-15 years, have access to the right information related to gender equality, legal rights, and healthy gender behaviours,” Bhattacharya said. “We’ll have wide-ranging topics that will be covered in schools as part of this programme in our continued efforts to build a gender-equal world,” said Principal Secretary, School Education Secretary Department, Bishnupada Sethi. Breakthrough will collaborate with the department to integrate the curriculum into the syllabus, contextualise it, educate teachers, gather teacher feedback, hold workshops, and involve parents in the process. To make sure the programme is meeting its goals to produce insights for long-term, high-quality government implementation of the curriculum, J-Pal will carry out independent monitoring activities.

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