Telangana Hyderabad - CBSE introduces ‘dating and relationships’ in Class 9 textbook
Teenagers data-face difficulties with love, emotions, and relationships. To help teens navigate emotions and deal with important life milestones such as crushes, the Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE) has taken a progressive step by introducing a chapter dedicated to the complexities of 'Dating and Relationships' (Understanding Yourself and the Other Person) for Class 9 students as part of the value education books.
The chapter's unique stories include topics including friendship, crushes, and love. In addition to examining the intricacies of dating and relationships, students are taught dating lingo such as 'ghosting', 'cat-fishing', and 'cyberbullying'. Needless to say, the chapter on handling difficult relationships has gone viral on many social media sites.
The chapter ‘Understanding Yourself and other Person’ came to light with one X user @nashpatee sharing the pictures from the textbook.
“9th Class textbooks nowadays,” the post read.
The post amused internet users with some hailing the CBSE for including such chapters in the school curriculum.
An X user @vivek_naskar commented “Unbelievable that they changed the outdated syllabus. Well, that’s great.”
Another X user @Mahesh_1906 wrote, “Next chapter should be Understanding Breakup and Patch up”.
Some users sought the book to read the whole chapter. Tinder India, an online dating and geo-social networking platform, also joined in the post and commented “next: how to deal with breakups”.
The chapter's unique stories include topics including friendship, crushes, and love. In addition to examining the intricacies of dating and relationships, students are taught dating lingo such as 'ghosting', 'cat-fishing', and 'cyberbullying'. Needless to say, the chapter on handling difficult relationships has gone viral on many social media sites.
The chapter ‘Understanding Yourself and other Person’ came to light with one X user @nashpatee sharing the pictures from the textbook.
“9th Class textbooks nowadays,” the post read.
The post amused internet users with some hailing the CBSE for including such chapters in the school curriculum.
An X user @vivek_naskar commented “Unbelievable that they changed the outdated syllabus. Well, that’s great.”
Another X user @Mahesh_1906 wrote, “Next chapter should be Understanding Breakup and Patch up”.
Some users sought the book to read the whole chapter. Tinder India, an online dating and geo-social networking platform, also joined in the post and commented “next: how to deal with breakups”.