KEY CONCEPTS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
- Early Childhood Care and Education: The Foundation of Learning
- Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: An Urgent & Necessary Pre-requisite to Learning
- Curtailing Dropout Rates and Ensuring Universal Access to Education at All Levels
- Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Learning Should be Holistic, Integrated, Inclusive, Enjoyable, and Engaging
- Teachers: The quality of recruitment, deployment, service conditions and empowerment.
- Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All
- Efficient Resourcing and Effective Governance through School Complexes/ Clusters
- Regulation and Accreditation of School Education
NEW CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL STRUCTURE
NEW CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL STRUCTURE
Restructuring school curriculum and pedagogy in a new design 5+3+3+4.The curricular and pedagogical str ucture of school education will be reconfigured to make them responsive and relevant to the developmental needs and interests of learners at different stages of their development, corresponding to the age ranges of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years, respectively.
| Different STAGES | AGE | GRADES | No of Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundational: Multilevel, play/activity based learning | 3-8 | Nursery, LKG, UKG, (pre-school,Anganwadi) & I, II. | 5 |
| Preparatory: Play, discovery and activity based and interactive classroom learning | 8-11 | III,IV,V. | 3 |
| Middle: Experiential learning in the sciences, mathematics, art, social sciences and humanities | 11-14 | VI, VII, VIII. | 3 |
| Secondary: Multidisciplinary study, greater critical thinking, flexibility and student choice of subjects. | 14-18 | IX, X, XI, XII. | 4 |
