KDMC has made Civic Sense education compulsory in all municipal, aided and private schools, with one weekly class dedicated to cleanliness, traffic discipline, environmental awareness and public responsibility. Schools must also conduct awareness activities and submit monthly compliance reports, while civic authorities address infrastructure gaps.

Kalyan, July 9, 2026: In a significant step aimed at fostering responsible citizenship among schoolchildren, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has made Civic Sense education mandatory across all municipal, aided and private primary, secondary and higher secondary schools under its jurisdiction.

Under the new directive issued by the civic body's Education Department, every school will now dedicate one period every week exclusively to teaching civic responsibility and social etiquette.

The initiative seeks to move beyond conventional classroom education by instilling values such as cleanliness, discipline, respect for public property, environmental awareness and adherence to traffic rules among students from an early age.

According to the circular, one of the two weekly Value Addition periods already prescribed in the academic timetable will now be reserved exclusively for Civic Sense education.