India is dwelling to over 444 million youngsters within the age bracket of 0–18 years. This is without doubt one of the world’s largest baby and adolescent populations.
A UNICEF report exhibits that studying outcomes stay one of many greatest challenges within the nation as hundreds of thousands of youngsters full main education with out reaching foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) abilities.
In a bid to complement the learning-teaching setting and make it child-centric, energetic, and joyful, the Union Ministry of Schooling has not too long ago launched play-based educating and studying materials referred to as Jaadui Pitara (which interprets to magic field) for the foundational stage.
Listed below are 10 issues to know concerning the learning-teaching materials.
- Jaadui Pitara has been designed based mostly on the Nationwide Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) 2022. It factors out that youngsters at this stage study finest by means of play and exercise, speaking, listening, utilizing toys, working with materials, portray, drawing, singing, dancing, working, and leaping.
2. The NCF for the foundational stage was launched by the Ministry of Schooling final yr. In keeping with the curriculum framework, the NCERT developed and picked up the learning-teaching materials, and launched it on 20 February 2023 as Jaadui Pitara.
3. The Jaadui Pitara recommends studying and improvement in 5 domains — bodily improvement, socio-emotional and moral improvement, cognitive improvement, language and literacy improvement, and aesthetic and cultural improvement. Constructive studying habits have additionally been included as one other area of improvement at this stage.
4. The kid-centric and revolutionary studying expertise is anticipated to strengthen conceptual understanding amongst learners within the age group of three–8 years.
5. The fabric includes toys, video games, puzzles, puppetry, posters, flashcards, worksheets, enticing storybooks and playbooks for college kids, and is out there in 13 Indian languages.
6. It additionally features a trainers’ handbook, mapping the curriculum objectives for future coaching of lecturers on the foundational stage.
7. The training materials for the foundational stage has been designed as per the brand new Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020, which envisages a “5+3+3+4” curriculum pedagogical construction. In different phrases, youngsters will spend 5 years within the foundational stage, three years every within the preparatory and the center stage, and 4 years within the secondary stage.
8. Beneath the Union Ministry of Schooling, the Division of Faculty Schooling and Literacy fashioned the Nationwide Steering Committee, headed by Ok Kasturirangan, to develop the NCF for every of the levels.
9. Whereas releasing the Jaadui Pitara kits, Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned, “It’s a big leap in the direction of enriching the learning-teaching setting and making it extra child-centric, energetic, and joyful for the Amrit technology, as envisioned within the NEP.”
10. These assets are digitally accessible on the DIKSHA platform.
Edited by Pranita Bhat
