explain how ,as a student ,you can uphold the spirit of the indian constitution?
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Studying & Upholding the Preamble to the Indian Constitution in Our Schools
Dear Friends, it is imperative for all the citizens of India to be familiar with the fundamentals of our Indian Constitutions. It is mandatory in our schools to make special effort to teach and learn the values enshrined in the Constitutions. So we propose the following module for teaching in our schools with urgency.
Sunny Jacob SJ
Stage 1: (July 2015)
Make students memorize the preamble.
Use it in the school assembly for a month so that students get familiar with the words and the content is registered in the long term memory.
Recitation (individual, group, class), Writing- primary classes
As a speech- CCE-give marks – secondary classes
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
Stage 2 (August, 2015) The Significance of Preamble to a Constitution of India
Pair-Share, group discussion on the significance of the preamble
What are the four important aspects? – Quiz contest, weekly test, essay writing.
Poster Competition – Visuals & Preamble
Every written constitution of the world contains a preamble. Every preamble is the soul of that constitution. It shows the aims, objects and ideas which are tried to be achieved by the constitution.
The term ‘Preamble’ refers to the introduction of preface to the Constitution. The Preamble to the Indian Constitution is based on the ‘Objective Resolution’ drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru and adopted by the framers of the Constitution
The significance of the Preamble lies in its components. It embodies the source of the Constitution i.e., the people of India. The terms sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic in the Preamble suggests the nature of the state. The ideals of justice, liberty, equality, fraternity reflects the objectives of the Constitution. It also contains November 26, 1949 as the date of adoption of the Indian Constitution.