NCERT develops handbook on Indian 145;values146;

Its national curriculum framework may be stuck in a legal quagmire, but that has not stopped the NCERT from developing a Handbook for Schools on Strategies of Value Implementation.

Lest it get into another round of mudslinging for trying to implant Hindu values, NCERT director J.S. Rajput says: 8216;8216;The NCERT8217;s approach is not prescriptive.8217;8217; Nevertheless, to instill values in the future generation which, he says, is plagued by 8216;8216;terrorism, fundamentalism, obscurantism and irresponsible patterns of consumption and vanishing respect for Indian family traditions8217;8217;, the NCERT suggests yoga.