Fifteen years after the state was carved out, Jharkhand primary schools will have books from their state Board, highlighting their own heritage, culture, history and geography. From 1st April, when the new session will start, tribal students of classes I and II in government schools will also get books in five major tribal languages of the state- Santhali, Ho, Mundari, Khariya and Kuruk-in order to bring down the dropout rate. The state, so far has followed the NCERT syllabus, which has a national orientation. The Jharkhand State Council of Education Research Centre and Training (SCERT) will now take over, distributing free books to students up to Class V.
As a part of this effort, children will be taught about famous tourist sites, religious places, national park, state flower, Jharkhand’s indigenous forms of dance and art and delicacies such as dhuska.
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