Submission of details of Art-Integrated Project at KALASETU Portal
Vide Circular no. Acad 33/2020 dated 14th May 2020, CBSE has introduced mandatory
Art-Integrated Project work for classes I to X, as part of Subject-Enrichment activities
under Internal Assessment. Copy of the circular attached as Annexure A.
Accordingly, in minimum one project work of students from classes I –X, it is mandatory
to integrate any art form of the paired State/UT, as defined under Ek Bharat Shrestha
Bharat Programme. For the details of Art-Integration, schools are again advised to refer
to CBSE Guidelines on Art-Integrated Learning released on 18.04.2019 vide circular no.
Acad 22/2019, available at www.cbseacademic.nic.in at the
link https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2019/art_integration.pdf
Like the last session, Schools need to submit the details of Art -Integration Project at the
KALASETU Portal available at www.cbse.gov.in at the
link https://cbseit.in/cbse/web/ArtEdu/LandingPage.aspx before downloading the
admit cards for the Board examination.
For any query, please write to JS, Academics, at the e-mail
ID: praggyam1530.cbse@gov.in
Art-Integrated Project for Classes I to X
In continuation of above efforts, it has been decided to introduce Art-Integrated Project
work for classes I to X to promote Art-Integrated Learning in schools to make teaching-
learning Competency-Based and joyful. As part of this, at least one Art-Integrated Project
in each subject shall be taken up by all students of classes IX and X from the academic
session 2020-21, and students of classes I to VIII will also be encouraged to take at least
one Art-Integrated Project (trans-disciplinary project) in a given academic year.
Art Integrated Project may be conducted as per the following guidelines:
4.1 Classes I–VIII, Art Integrated Project should be of trans-disciplinary nature. The project
work can include more than one subject and this can be considered for Internal Assessment
in the subjects concerned.
4.2 Classes IX and X, the students will take up the art integrated project work as subject
enrichment activity in all the subjects for internal assessment.
4.3 One of the objectives of art integrated education is to make the students aware of the vast
and diverse cultural heritage of our country. Therefore, Students will take up integration
with any form of Indian Art - visual or performing, as it will be helpful to students to
easily understand the project that is culturally connected to them. Teachers need to
facilitate learning of the chosen Indian art form and ensure that the students are able to
creatively integrate the art form(s) being used in the project.
4.4 In minimum one project work of students from classes I –X, it is mandatory to integrate
any art form of the paired State/UT, as defined under Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat
Programme. For example, Art Integrated Project Work of the students of the schools in
the State of Delhi will be based on the art form of Sikkim and so on. The list of the paired
States/UTs is available at Annexure – I. However, to confirm the latest pairings, please
visit https://ekbharat.gov.in/Pages/AboutImplementationStrategy.
4.5 Subject teachers along with Arts teachers must plan and discuss the projects in advance
at the beginning of the academic session so that students can be given proper guidance to
undertake various projects.
4.6 The focus should be given on research of new topics that are not yet taken up in the
classroom. Teachers must facilitate exploration of research on the topics to give students
hands-on experience.
4.7 The project should be taken up in an eco-friendly manner, using readily available local
resources without any financial burden on parents or guardians.
The teachers may follow the following process of embedding arts with other subjects for
carrying out the project work:
4.9 The Project should be done by students in groups with 4-5 students in each group.
4.10 While creating projects, it may also be seen that it should not be too much pro art that it
becomes difficult for the subject teacher to take it forward and guide the students. The
projects should be simple and doable for the subject teachers and students without the
assistance of art teachers/artists or others.
4.11 Assessment techniques should be relevant and age appropriate. Criteria along with rubrics
for assessment can be devised collectively by teachers and students while planning the
projects. Students must be informed about the criteria decided for assessment along with
maximum marks before commencement of work on the project.
4.12 Schools and teachers may prepare their calendar by assigning dates and months for the
execution of project work by the students and the records of assessment of these project
works should be maintained at the schools.
4.13 The Art integrated project work shall also be an integral part of assessing the student’s
participation in art related activities and attainment of learning outcomes for the subject/s.
4.14 The marks awarded for these projects, as part of subject-enrichment activities of class X,
will be collected by the Board at the time of uploading of marks of internal assessment.
5. Art-Integrated Learning (AIL) as a Pedagogical Tool from classes I to XII
As stated under para 3 above, AIL will continue as a pedagogical tool for classes I to XII,
in addition to the Art Education under co-scholastic area as provided in the Secondary
School Curriculum of the Board.
The objective of AIL is not to promote arts and skills of arts but to use art as a tool to teach
other subjects. The focus here should be to accept arts as medium of the learning process.
So the subject teachers may make use of simple art forms in the classrooms; and give
opportunities to students to enjoy planned art activities and while they are experiencing
beauty of arts, they also learn and articulate the core concept of different subjects and apply
it in daily life.
Art activities which can be integrated with different subjects to aid learning are given in
Annexure-II. The activities given in the annexure are only suggestive. Correlation of AIL.
