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Saturday, 20 October 2012

Environment education to be compulsory in all diploma courses at Haryana ITIs

In response to an order passed by a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Haryana State Board of Technical Education has decided to incorporate the subject of Environment Education as a compulsory subject in various diploma courses offered by the board.
This was in a public interest litigation filed by Advocate H C Arora.
In its order dated September 10, a division bench had directed the Haryana State Board of Technical Education, Panchkula, to take a decision, by treating the petition filed by Arora as a representation.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court also directed the Haryana State Board of Technical Education, Panchkula, to pass an appropriate order for incorporating the subject of Environment Education as a compulsory subject in all diploma courses in the ITIs all over Haryana.
Vide a letter dated October 18, the Secretary of the Haryana State Board of Technical Education, Panchkula has informed Advocate H C Arora that ‘as per orders of the High Court, it has been decided to incorporate Environment Education as a compulsory subject in the various diploma courses offered by the board’.
This decision has been taken by the Board in association with the Curriculum Development Centre of the National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and Research (NITTTR).