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The curriculum of Darpan Vidyadhaam

Vat VrikshaPathyakram

वट वृक्ष पाठ्यक्रम

The whole curriculum on one page: the roots it grows from, the six capacities in its trunk, its seven branches, the eight batches it climbs, and the rhythm that keeps it alive, twenty minutes a day.

See the tree How it fits a school

“Hum kuch thopte nahi. Har padaav par ek kshamta jodte hain, taaki bachcha khud seekhe.”

We impose nothing. At every stage we add one capability, so that the child learns by themselves.

The tree

Roots, a trunk, seven branches and roots that come down again

Read it from the top: every branch is a field of learning; the trunk is what every lesson must thicken; the roots are where it all comes from.

Shakhayen

Seven branches

Each branch keeps a link to the old vidyas, and each lives somewhere real in the app today.

Vigyan aur Ganit

Science, mathematics and technology

Vidya link

  • Jyotisha (astronomy)
  • Chandas (pattern and metre)

Where it lives

  • Baal lessons: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Engineering, Tech
  • Bharatiya Gyaan
  • UPSC S&T cards, Concept Booster

Bhasha aur Sahitya

Languages and literature

Vidya link

  • Shiksha (sound)
  • Vyakarana (grammar)
  • Nirukta (meaning of words)

Where it lives

  • Sahitya Ghanti
  • read-aloud
  • vocabulary
  • Darpan Patra, essays

Samaj, Itihas aur Samvidhan

Society, history and the Constitution

Vidya link

  • Purana and Itihasa
  • Dharmashastra
  • Mimamsa (reading a text closely)

Where it lives

  • Samvidhan Kahani
  • Vichar Sabha
  • UPSC Polity, Society, History

Prakriti aur Gaukrishi

Nature, farming and the village economy

Vidya link

  • Vrikshayurveda tradition (with evidence labels)

Where it lives

  • Prakriti Diary
  • Gaukrishi bulletins and library
  • UPSC Environment and Agriculture

Kala aur Hunar

Arts and life skills — the six kala families

Vidya link

  • Gandharvaveda (music)
  • the 64 kalas

Where it lives

  • Kala Ghar
  • Hunar
  • Kala Passport

Swasthya, Mann aur Seva

Health, the mind, service and safety

Vidya link

  • Ayurveda (only with evidence labels, never as treatment)
  • Dhanurveda (the body and discipline)

Where it lives

  • Shaant Pal
  • Mann ka Mausam
  • Seva aur Suraksha
  • Mann ki Baat

Shasan aur Lok Seva

Governance and public service

Vidya link

  • Nyaya (reasoned debate)
  • Arthashastra (statecraft)

Where it lives

  • Ethics Lab
  • Interview Sabha
  • Roz ka Uttar
  • the daily UPSC magazine
  • State PSC track

Tana

Six capacities every lesson must thicken

  1. ChetnaConsciousness · knowing oneself
  2. JagruktaAwareness · knowing the world
  3. BuddhiIntelligence · solving problems, seeing patterns
  4. VivekaDiscernment · true from false, important from trivial
  5. Mat-nirmaanOpinion-making · a view with reasons, changed on evidence
  6. Manas-swasthyaA calm, resilient, kind mind

Jataen

Learners who teach

The banyan sends roots down from its branches; they reach the ground and become new trunks. So do learners who teach.

  • Bada Bhai / Badi Behen teach-back
  • Gyaan Seva volunteers
  • Shikshak Darpan teacher notes
  • Parivar sandesh for parents
  • Chaupal sheets for villages

Jadein

India's knowledge traditions

  1. The 14 vidyas (4 Vedas, 6 Vedangas, Purana, Nyaya, Mimamsa, Dharmashastra) and the 18 with Ayurveda, Arthashastra, Dhanurveda, Gandharvaveda
  2. The 64 kalas as an idea of many-sided skill, grouped into six families (never a memorised list: the lists differ by text and translation)
  3. The Constitution of India
  4. The living wisdom of villages, grandparents and every Indian language

Eight batches, one ladder

Each stage adds one capability

The batches are named for the sun, from Mitra to Marichi. Nothing is piled on: each stage adds one thing, and thickens two rings of the trunk.

  1. मित्रMitraPlay school

    This stage adds

    Senses, wonder and safety: look, listen, touch, tell

  2. रविRaviNursery – Class 1

    This stage adds

    Habits and words: a daily calm, asking 'kyun?'

  3. सूर्यSuryaClasses 2–3

    This stage adds

    Curiosity with method: observe, record, tell back

  4. भानुBhanuClasses 4–5

    This stage adds

    Reasons: 'my view, because…', true or rumour

  5. खगKhagaClasses 6–8

    This stage adds

    Exploring and reasoning: experiments, both sides, first aid

  6. पूषन्PushanClasses 9–10

    This stage adds

    Depth and identity: concepts, rights and duties, a steady mind

  7. हिरण्यगर्भHiranyagarbhaClasses 11–12

    This stage adds

    Direction: Meri Raah, strengths, teaching the young

  8. मरीचिMarichiYoung aspirants

    This stage adds

    Service: public service, research, enterprise, the village

Beyond school

The same tree, for the grown-ups too

After Marichi the method does not change; only the learners do.

Civil services aspirants

UPSC Darpan

Understanding over information; the administrator's judgement

State PSC aspirants

State track

The same method, rooted in the State — a State track is being built

College students

College IKS track

An IKS foundation in line with UGC's call for IKS credits — certificates of learning only

Farmers and rural youth

Gaukrishi Darpan

Evidence-labelled knowledge for the village economy

Teachers and parents

Shikshak aur Parivar

Run any lesson in 20 minutes; one message a week for home

Inside one lesson

Hear it, think it over, make it yours

In the Pathyakram a lesson moves in three beats, and its questions climb three steps.

Three beats in every lesson

  1. SunoShravanaHear it
  2. SochoMananaThink it over
  3. Apne shabdon meinNididhyasanaMake it yours — say or write it in your own words

The question ladder

  1. Kya?What is it? (remember)
  2. Kyun?Why does it happen? (understand, analyse)
  3. Tum kya karoge?What would you do? (apply, evaluate, create)

The rhythm

A day, a week, a month, a year

A short habit every day; a different corner of the tree every weekday; a few things each month and each year.

A day: twenty minutes

Roz ki ghanti — 30 minutes, bade ke saath

  1. 0–1 minShaant Pal
  2. 1–5 minYaad Karo
  3. 5–20 minDo paath
  4. 20–25 minAaj ka socho (Vichar Sabha or Sach ya Afwaah)Vichar Sabha: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
    Sach ya Afwaah: Tue, Thu, Sat
  5. 25–28 minSikhao

Optional, any day: Mann ka Mausam, khidki.

A week: seven corners

MonSamvidhanTueBharatiyaWedPrakritiThuKalaFriHunarSatSevaSunParivarTodaya corner a day

Hafte ke saat kone — one corner a day

  1. MondaySamvidhan Kahani
  2. TuesdayBharatiya Gyaan
  3. WednesdayPrakriti Diary
  4. ThursdayKala Ghar
  5. FridayHunar
  6. SaturdaySeva aur Sahitya
  7. SundayParivar aur sikhao

A month and a year

Every month

Har mahine

  • A Meri Khoobiyan letter for the child and parents
  • One saying or poem from grandparents, written down (Sahitya)
  • A certificate-of-learning check

Every year

Har saal

  • A disaster-preparedness week (Seva aur Suraksha)
  • Meri Raah walked again — the direction updated
  • One step up the life ladder
The same rhythm for UPSC aspirants

Daily

  • Today's Sprint
  • the magazine (2 hours at most)
  • the quiz with full explanations
  • Roz ka Uttar (15 minutes)
  • Concept Booster

Weekly

  • Interview Sabha
  • Ethics Lab
  • Mann ki Baat
  • a peer-circle sheet

Monthly

  • Monthly revision by issue thread

Disha

How a child finds a direction

  1. Every week touches all six capacities and all seven branches, so no talent stays hidden

  2. Meri Khoobiyan notices how a child learns (never marks) and grows a tree of strengths

  3. Meri Raah, walked again each year, turns strengths into fields to explore

  4. In Classes 11–12, Hiranyagarbha shows the paths: public service, research, enterprise, farming, the arts, teaching

  5. Whatever the path, the same roots: truth, service, a reasoned view and a calm mind

Six measures

We count habits, never marks

Each is counted on the learner's own device and shown kindly: no ranks, no comparison with another child.

  1. Return rate
  2. Reasons written
  3. Wrong-to-right
  4. Truth-or-rumour checks
  5. Calm practice days
  6. Teach-backs

Never measured marks, ranks, or any comparison between children.

The horizon

From a seed to a banyan

  1. This year

    Every batch, every week: the full rhythm running free on one phone and a projector

  2. Five years

    Partner schools, more Indian languages, a teacher and volunteer network

  3. One generation

    A child who began in Mitra sits a public-service exam — or builds, farms, heals or teaches — with roots and reasons

  4. Beyond

    Like a banyan, the tree outlives those who planted it: the principles stay, each generation adds its own branches

What never changes

The principles stay. Each generation adds its own branches.

  • Free, forever, for everyone
  • Truth first: every fact traced to a source
  • Child safety and privacy: nothing about a child leaves their device
  • Both sides, fairly
  • Bharatiya roots, open mind
  • Direction, never marks
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