National Curriculum Framework
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GS II: Policies and Developmental Studies
What is discussed under this topic?
- About NCF
Why in News?
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development, unveiled the NCF for Foundational Stage and the pilot project of Balvatika 49 Kendriya Vidyalayas throughout the nation.
About NCF
- The first National Education Policy in India was developed in 1968.
- The second was in 1986 and updated in 1992.
- The most recent National Education Policy in India is NEP, 2020.
- The National Education Policy (NEP) provides a comprehensive framework for guiding the country’s educational progress.
Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay - As an educational policy, it not only leads to educational progress but also gives guidelines for regulating and promoting education.
- Early childhood care and education, school education, higher education, teacher education, and vocational education are all covered under the education policy.
- The National Education Policy 2020 is India’s first education policy of the twenty-first century.
- It strives to meet our country’s numerous expanding developmental imperatives.
- The NCF has four sections:
- National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education (NCFECCE)
- National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE)
- National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE)
- National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education (NCFAE)
- The framework is built around the ‘panchakosha’ concept, which refers to the ancient Indian emphasis on the body-mind connection.
- According to the NCF, the five components are:
- Physical development (sharirik vikas)
- Life energy development (pranik vikas)
- Emotional and mental development (manasik vikas)
- Intellectual development (bauddhik vikas)
- Spiritual development (chaitsik vikas)
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