CBSE Directs Schools To Introduce Art-Based Project Work For Classes 1-10

Source Hindustan Times

The Central Board of Secondary Education released a notice directing schools to implement art-integrated education for classes 1-10. The Board has said that at least one art-integrated project in each subject shall be taken up by all students of classes 9 and 10 from the academic session 2020-21, and students of classes 1 to 8 will also be encouraged to take at least one art-integrated project (trans-disciplinary project)) in a given academic year.

1. Class 1-8: The project will be trans-disciplinary and can include more than one subject which can be considered as internal assessment too.
2. Class 9-10: The project will be art-integrated taken up as a subject enrichment activity in all the subjects for internal assessment activity.

The Board has advised schools to upload data of the Art-Education and Art Integrated Learning projects of students in the AE & AIL portal for enabling students of class 10 and 12 to appear in the board exam.

The required data regarding(i) implementation of Art- Education up to class X, (ii) Art Integrated Project up to class X, and (iii) implementation of Art- Integrated Learning up to class XII are to be uploaded by the school to enable it to download the admit cards for classes X and XII exams of the Board.