In alignment with #NEP2020, schools across Chandigarh organised exposure to skill education activities for students of Classes VI to VIII, offering hands-on and real-life learning experiences.
Through diverse activities related to life forms, machines and materials and human services, students engaged in food preparation and service, retail settings, IT and technical facilities, craft and pottery work, embroidery and basic automobile demonstrations, supported by interactions with practitioners and resource persons.
This experiential approach helps students connect classroom learning with real-world applications, develop respect for skilled work and build early awareness of diverse learning and career pathways.
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CBSE is quietly solving one of the biggest problems Indian parents worry about…
👉 stream confusion after Class 10.
“What happens after Class 8?”
Skill education does not stop in middle school.
In Classes 9 & 10, it becomes more structured, serious, and marksheet-recognized.
CBSE already offers 22 official skill subjects —
from IT, AI, Data Science and Banking to Healthcare, Agriculture and Design Thinking.
The idea is simple but powerful:
Exposure first. Decision later.
Before forcing Science / Commerce / Humanities,
students explore real-world skills alongside academics.
Parents, one thing matters.
CBSE has given schools the framework.
If your school isn’t offering skill exposure,
you have every right to ask why.
This isn’t about confrontation.
It’s about collaboration.
Because when parents ask together, systems listen.
Because Indian schooling is changing —
faster than most parents realise.
