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J&K LG Sinha Directs Climate-Resilience Curriculum Shift in Teachers’ Day Address

He directed curriculum changes to embed sustainable development through the Green Jammu–Kashmir Drive.

Overview

  • Educational institutions were asked to strengthen early warning systems and work with local communities on nature-based disaster solutions.
  • Students are to be linked to field experience under the Green Jammu–Kashmir Drive, with climate change taught as a compulsory subject through classroom learning and fieldwork.
  • Teachers were urged to cultivate life skills, critical thinking and a human touch, with artificial intelligence positioned as an assistive tool rather than a substitute.
  • The administration proposed new awards for innovation, new ideas and research, and praised recognition for specially-abled teachers and for subjects such as language and yoga.
  • Sinha paid homage to victims of recent calamities and cited assurances from the prime minister and home minister regarding rehabilitation of affected families.