Education
Draft guidelines & curriculum for preschool education circulated by NCERT
The present document is a result of collective thinking of subject experts, teachers and teacher educators. It is suggestive and can be adopted/ adapted as per need.
NCERT last week shared the guidelines and curriculum that should be used for preschool education.
The guidelines provide the parameters for infrastructure, qualifications, and salary for preschool staff, admission process, and records, and registers to be managed, the importance of coordination and conversions with community and parents. The guidelines try to provide guidance and tips on:
- Designing the Preschool Environment
- Planning and Implementation of the Preschool Programme
- Assessing and Guiding Children’s Development and Learning
- Role of the Teacher
- Partnership with Parents and Community
- Supervision and Monitoring
- Addressing Issues Related to Early Learning
- TRANSITIONS TO EARLY PRIMARY CLASSES
The curriculum has been designed for two years of preschool before class I, which includes three major goals to be achieved highlighting the key concepts/ skills, pedagogical processes and learning outcomes for Preschool I and II. ‘The Preschool Curriculum’ is designed for young children from 3-6 years.
Both the documents are currently at the draft stage and NCERT invites feedback on the draft guidelines & curriculum of preschool / Early Years education which would be utilized for necessary improvements in finalizing the documents.
You can read the draft guidelines here.
The draft curriculum is available here.
The documents has been shared with the state governments, who have two weeks to give their feedback on the guidelines and curriculum to the NCERT, following which the Council will hold a national consultation to finalise the document. Like the National Curriculum Framework or NCF, the preschool curriculum will not be binding on the states.