Impact of the Happiness Curriculum on Learners’ Social and Emotional Skills and Teacher Competencies

Abstract

The Happiness Curriculum is the flagship programme of the Govt of NCT of Delhi towards Humanisation of education at school level. The Happiness curriculum was launched in 2018  and introduced in all the govt schools of Delhi It caters to approx. 8 lac students studying in the govt schools from nursey to XII grade. The current study adopted a quantitative approach to assess how the curriculum affects both students and teachers. A quantitative approach was deemed suitable because it allows for the collection of empirical data as well as the investigation of statistical relationships between variables (Mertens, 2020). The information was gathered twice: once during the baseline and then at endline, where comparable data on the levels of SEL skills among students and teachers have been gathered using statistically validated survey instruments - Social and Emotional Wellbeing Scale by Dream a Dream (for students) and Teacher Competency Tool by Brookings (for teachers). The current Study investigates the impact of Happiness Curriculum on students’ social and emotional skills and teachers competence to foster SEL competence among students. Data was collected via self-report tools from students and teachers in Delhi. The dimensions and sub skills of Social and Emotional Skills were analyzed for the data collected from students and teachers.