what is the pedagogical structure in the proposed NEP
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The new National Education Policy is going to bring a significant change in India's education system. It is set to replace a three-decade-old education policy. The key pointers of the policy include the replacement of a 10+2 system with a new structure of 5+3+3+4 system in the School education.
Under this new curricular structure of school education, the National Education Policy proposes to bring changes in the existing academic structure within the ambit of ‘formal education’.
A design of 5+3+3+4 system, covering four stages has been structured to replace the 10+2 system in order to reinforce the ‘holistic development’ of the student.
The stages covering the new Pedagogical structure will not change the years a child spends within the formal education system and the actual number of years also remains the same. In order to understand how the proposed structure is different from the existing one, we need to look closely at the consisting 4 stages of the new structure which is divided in 5+3+3+4 manner aims to focus on the cognitive-developmental stages of the child – early childhood, school years, and secondary stage.
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Here is the break-up of the 4 stages:
1. The first stage that is named as the Foundational stage consists of a total of 5 years of education at a basic level starting from 3 years of age. The Foundational stage is suggested for ages 3 to 8 years where for the initial first three years, multi-level play activity-based learning would be imparted at Anganwadi's, pre-school or play school. To this, the grades 1 and 2 or classes 1 and 2 for students of ages 6 to 8 would also be added teaching would be conducted through play-based and activity-based curriculum to put the focus on developing the language skills.