Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced the Aam Aadmi Party government’s ambitious ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ that will focus on making students patriot in “true sense. The curriculum was launched by the CM at Chhatrasal Stadium on the birth anniversary of revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

At the launch event, Kejriwal said nowadays people feel patriotism only while raising tricolour or singing the national anthem but the Desh bhakti curriculum will make them desh bhakt professionals, who will not focus only on making money but benefitting the country.

To understand AAP’s new Deshbhakti curriculum better, here are 10 points about the new course.

1- The ‘Deshbhakti Curriculum’ will be rolled out from nursery to Class 12 as and when schools reopen for the respective standards.

2- The curriculum will not have any textbooks.

3- The curriculum has been prepared by the Delhi Government school teachers, with inputs from NGO partners and experts.

4- Facilitator’s handbooks have been designed for three cohorts — nursery to class five; classes six to eight and classes nine to 12 to reach the curriculum and these will be used to inculcate patriotism among the students through simple activities.

5- A hundred stories of freedom fighters and patriots will be added to the curriculum every year.

6-  Subject topics will include responsibility towards the country and its progress, constructive criticism, respect for and harmonious coexistence with others, critically thinking about issues confronting the country, comprehensive conception of patriotism, linking patriotism to the lived realities and everyday actions of students and working for the country’s development with pride and honesty.

7- ”My India is glorious but why not developed”, ”Deshbhakti: My country my pride”, ”Who is a Deshbhakt” and ”India of my dreams,” are some of the chapters.

8- The teaching method would be activities-based.

9- Maintaining ‘Deshbhakti diary”, participating in ”Deshbhakti dhyan”, ”Flag day” activity and group discussion will be a part of the curriculum.

10- Every class would begin with a ”Deshbhakti Dhyan” of five minutes where students will talk about five new patriots each day, said Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.