Question

Visit some schools in your locality and prepare a report in the context of

adaptation of salient features of NCF 2005

Answer 1

Wide ranging deliberations and inputs from multiple sources involving different levels of stakeholders helped in shaping the draft of NCF.The draft NCF was translated into 22 languages listed in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution. The translated versions were widely disseminated and consultations with stakeholders at district and local level helped in developing the final draft.The NCF was approved by Central Advisory Board on Education in September, 2005.

Vision and Perspective

To uphold values enshrined in the Constitution of IndiaTo reduce of curriculum loadTo ensure quality education for allTo initiate certain systemic changes

 Guiding Principles

Connecting knowledge to life outside the SchoolEnsuring that learning is shifted away from rote methodsEnriching curriculum so that it goes beyond Text BookMaking Examination more flexible and non-threateningDiscuss the aims of educationBuilding commitment to democratic values of equality, justice, secularism and freedom.

Focus on child as an active learner

Primacy to children’s experience, their voices and participationNeeds for adults to change their perception of children as passive receiver of knowledgeChildren can be active participants in the construction of knowledge and every child come to with pre-knowledgeChildren must be encouraged to relate the learning to their immediate environmentEmphasizes that gender, class, creed should not be constraints for the childHighlights the value of IntegrationDesigning more challenging activities