Soon, ‘Agriculture’ will be subject in Maharashtra school syllabus

MUMBAI: Soon, the ‘agriculture’ would be one of the subjects to be taught in school curriculum in Maharashtra. The state government asked Maharashtra state council for education research and training institute (MSCERT) and Maharashtra council of agriculture, education and research (MCAER) jointly to prepare the curriculum.The decision was taken in a joint meeting of the school education and agriculture department on Wednesday in presence of ministers Varsha Gaikwad and Dadaji Bhuse respectively, and senior bureaucrats.Bhuse said that the inclusion of agriculture in the school curriculum would not only create interest in the agriculture sector among the students but also create agricultural commitment in rural areas while creating social commitment towards the farmer community.While Gaikwad said that the education and agriculture departments will jointly prepare the syllabus. “We have instructed both the departments to prepare the syllabus keeping in view the age and intelligence of the students,” she said.