Lok Sabha Question No. 145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Pre-School Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.145 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## Pre-School Education

145.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government/  National  Council  for  Educational  Research  and  Training (NCERT) has prepared a draft to instil the values/value education like gender equality, equal respect, etc. at the preschool level shun the rote learning as it impairs the growth of the child;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the salient features of the said draft;
- (c) whether the Government/NCERT has issued any directives to the schools not to thrust English  on  the  children  and  if  so,  the  details thereof  and  the  response  of  the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the NCERT has also asked the schools to be sensitive to the diversive needs of various students and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of other steps taken by the Government/NCERT to create amicable learning atmosphere for students at pre-school level?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) :  Yes Sir, the two documents titled 'Preschool Curriculum' and 'Guidelines for PreSchool  Education'  developed  by  NCERT  emphasise  upon  integrated  early  learning wherein issues like gender equality, value education, etc. are interwoven through playful pedagogical practices.
- (b) : The  documents  titled 'Guidelines for  Pre-School  Education' and  'Preschool Curriculum'  aim  at  helping  the  teachers,  administrators,  policy  planners  and  other

stakeholders  to  provide  good  quality  preschool  education  to  children.  The  guidelines present  the  parameters  for  infrastructure,  monitoring  and  supervision  mechanism  and importance of coordination and convergence with community and parents. The curriculum has been designed for three years of preschool before class-I, which highlights goals, key concepts/ skills, pedagogical processes and early learning outcomes for Preschool I, II and III. It also suggests ways of planning a preschool programme, classroom organizations and management, assessment and building partnership with parents and community.

(c) :  NCERT  or  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  have  not  issued  any directives to schools to not to thrust English on the Children. (d) : NCERT has always been giving emphasis on promoting sensitivity towards diverse needs of  students  and  also  addressing  diverse  needs of  children.  The  syllabi,  textbooks and  training  material  include  these  concerns  in  the  content,  illustration  and  assessment exercises. (e) :  The  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education-  Samagra  Shiksha  was  launched  in 2018-19  by  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  the preschool programme gives emphasis to create amicable learning atmosphere for students at pre-school level, MHRD has provided suggestive action points to the States and UTs in the draft framework of Samagra Shiksha to ensure the implementation of Early Childhood Education ( ECE)  with  developmentally  appropriate  curriculum  and  to  focus  on  to development of school readiness among children, by providing them safe, secure, healthy and child friendly atmosphere in the pre-school.

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