CURRICULUM REFORMATION IN SCHOOL LEVEL: A NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The rapid urbanization and economic development of the country leads to environmental degradation. To address growing environmental challenges, a new development paradigm is needed that puts people at the center of development, regards economic growth as a means and not an end, protects the life opportunities of future generations as well as the present generations and respects the natural systems on which all life depends. Sustainable development is a key concept that provides an answer to the question how humankind coexists harmoniously with the earth and with nature. But the question is that whether the existing curriculum of India would be able to popularize the concept of sustainable development among the students or would it be able to make the students understand the need and importance of sustainable development for a better greener world. In this paper an attempt has made by researchers to discuss about the needs and strategies of curriculum reformation in school level to achieve sustainable development.