KEY CONCEPTS OF
SCHOOL EDUCATION
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Early Childhood Care and Education: The
Foundation of Learning
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Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: An Urgent
& Necessary Pre-requisite to Learning
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Curtailing Dropout Rates and Ensuring Universal
Access to Education at All Levels
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Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Learning
Should be Holistic, Integrated, Inclusive, Enjoyable, and Engaging
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Teachers: The quality of recruitment,
deployment, service conditions and empowerment.
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Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for
All
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Efficient Resourcing and Effective Governance
through School Complexes/ Clusters
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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 |
