how plurality is an issue in Indian Curriculum planning
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If one goes back to the roots, education was content driven and passed down generations through the oral tradition. The child was considered an empty pot to be filled and enriched with information. This thinking was also evident in the early curriculum framework. By the 1980s, we had switched to thinking about minimum levels of education and competencies. This approach emphasised observable action as a result of education. The child was seen as clay to be moulded by education. The last two curriculum frameworks, in 2000 and 2005, recognise the right of a child to learn, and acknowledge his/her independent agency. Unlike the previous frameworks, they encourage a two-way exchange, where the child is an active participant in the learning process.