NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 -- To make its schools "inclusive", the Delhi government has decided to introduce a curriculum to train its teachers in handling the concerns of transgender students "sensitively". The curriculum will begin from the next academic session in April.
Hindustan Times had reported in October last year that the Delhi government was planning to formulate guidelines to make its 1,100 schools inclusive for transgender students. This is the first step in that direction, officials at the Delhi government's directorate of education (DoE) said.
Sanjay Goel, the director of the DoE, said the curriculum will be designed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) - an autonomous body that conducts training sessio...