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Pre-Draft of NCF for Schools
News: The Ministry of Education (MoE) released a pre-draft version of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for School Education and has sought feedback from various stakeholders.
Background:
The pre-draft was formulated by a committee led by K Kasturirangan, a former head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
As School education is the foundation stone of a child’s life, the National Education Policy 2020 recommends – Shift from 10+2 structure to 5+3+3+4, Developmental perspectives suggest curricular and pedagogical shifts at foundational, preparatory (grade III, IV & V), middle and secondary stages.
What are the four sections of NCF?
NCF for School Education
NCF for Early Childhood Care and Education (Foundational Stage)
NCF for Teacher Education
NCF for Adult Education
What does the pre-draft say for NCF for School education?
It covers the framework of curriculum for age groups 3 to 18 years and a key part of the document is the inclusion of values and their “rootedness” in India, in Content and learning of languages and Pedagogical approaches including tools and resources, etc
It leans towards making students acquainted with true sources of knowledge – a philosophical preoccupation of ancient Indians. These sources focus on Six Pramanas
It also focuses on moral development of a child which will be carried out through Pancha Kosha Vikas (5-fold development) - annamaya kosha (physical layer) pranamaya kosha (life force energy layer), manomaya kosha (mind layer), vijnanamaya kosha (intellectual layer) and anandamaya kosha (inner self).
It focuses on teaching the concepts of different religious and philosophical traditions, including Buddhism, Jainism, and Vedic philosophies, to promote cultural diversity and interfaith understanding.
It proposes that explicit tests and exams are not suitable assessment tools for children in classes up to 2 and recommends introducing written tests only from class 3 onwards to avoid imposing additional burden on the child.
For Grade 10 certification, students will have to take two essential courses from humanities, maths and computing, vocational education, physical education, arts education, social science, science, and other interdisciplinary areas.
In Grades 11 and 12, students will be offered choice-based courses in the same disciplines for more rigorous engagement. This phase of the Secondary Stage would be divided into semesters and each choicebased course would be for a semester.
Students must complete 16 choice-based courses to complete Grade 12.
Modular Board Exams will be offered as opposed to a single exam at the end of the year, and the result will be based on the cumulative result of each exam. Currently, the life-determining board examinations are available only on two occasions (grade 10 and 12), which prevents truly holistic development of students.
It has suggested 3 approaches to assessments
‘of learning‘ (measurement of achievement of student learning),
‘for learning‘ (evidence of student learning gathered by the teacher that provides inputs to guide the teaching-learning processes) and
‘as learning‘ (when assessments are introduced as non-threatening tools for self-reflection and introspection).
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