page_title: Happiness Curriculum
section_title: Guiding questions
hierarchical_section_title: Happiness Curriculum / Framework / Guiding questions
caption_attribution_description: English: Student from a government school run by the Government of Delhi defining "happiness" in Happiness Class, part of the Happiness Curriculum.
context_page_description: Happiness Curriculum is an educational program for children in grades one to eight in schools run by the Government of Delhi since July 2018. The objective is to improve the mental well-being of pupils, and it teaches mindfulness, social-emotional learning, critical thinking, problem solving, and relationship building. Its purpose is the building of emotional awareness and incorporate that into decision making, to equip pupils with the necessary skills and environment to become purpose-driven and explore a nuanced idea of happiness. The introduction of the curriculum into government schools of Delhi has been called a reformative step towards school education in India.
  The idea for the curriculum was laid out by Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, who is also the education minister of the state. It was developed with the help of government experts and the State Council of Educational Research and Training. The curriculum is mostly based on the "Happiness Triad" concept of philosopher Agrahar Nagraj Sarman.
context_section_description: The curriculum employs techniques such as mindfulness, reflective stories, interactive activities, and expression to equip pupils with the necessary skills and mindsets to answer the following questions: What makes me happy? How can I be an instrument in other people's happiness? Teachers use a manual to help pupils explore these questions, whose aim is to enable them to understand the relationship between their thoughts, emotions and themselves, their families, their environment and the society at large. The learning outcomes of the curriculum are awareness and focus, critical thinking and reflection, social-emotional skills, and a confident and pleasant personality
caption: A student defining "Happiness" during a Happiness Class
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