As envisaged under National Education Policy 2020, Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched ‘Jadui Pitara’ -a play-based learning-teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3-8 years has been launched on February 20.
Jadui Pitara-Key features
- ‘Jadui Pitara’ comprising of playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flash cards, story books, worksheets as well as reflecting the local culture, social context and languages is designed to pique curiosity and accommodate the diverse needs of learners in the foundational stage.
- ‘Jadui Pitara’ developed under the National Curriculum Framework is available in 13 Indian languages. It is a giant leap towards enriching the learning-teaching environment and making it more child-centric, lively and joyful for the Amrit Generation as envisioned in the NEP 2020.
- Salient features of Jadui-Pitara: CORE transformative aspect of NCF-FS – ‘learn through Play’ Foundational Stage – ages 3-8- learn best and effectively through Play Research from fields as diverse as Neurosciences to Education Applies to Class 1 & 2 also (age 6-8) – huge shift – children will learn through play, have fun, and FLN will be addressed. Learning and Development in 5 domains:
5+3+3+4 curriculum pedagogical structure
- The National Education Policy 2020 envisages 5+3+3+4 curriculum pedagogical structure.
- The Department of School Education & Literacy under Ministry of Education has constituted a National Steering Committee headed by Prof. K. Kasturirangan to develop the National Curriculum Framework for each of the stages.
