The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 came into effect on 29th July, 2020
with the principles to develop good human beings capable of rational
thought and action, possessing compassion and empathy, courage and
resilience, scientific temper and creative imagination with sound
ethical moorings and values.
The
fundamental principles that will guide both the education system at
large, as well as the individual institutions mainly include,
recognizing, identifying, and fostering the unique capabilities of each
student, according the highest priority to achieving Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) by all students by Grade-2, flexibility, creativity and critical thinking etc.
Further
the Ministry of Education has launched the National Initiative for
Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy i.e. NIPUN Bharat Mission.
This mission seeks to adopt a multi-pronged strategy which includes a
clear goal setting, focused pedagogical approach and curriculum,
continuous capacity building of teachers, preparation of quality
teaching-learning materials to support the desired classroom practices,
making the assessments to support and ensure learning, entailing
stakeholders’ engagement and a robust IT system to analyses and report
the progress. To put all of these collectively in a system requires new
and reformed pedagogical approach for class room engagement.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan,
a national level pace setting educational institution in the field of
school education has taken up various initiatives to realize the aims
and objectives enshrined in National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. As
envisioned in NEP 2020, KVS pledges to ensuring inclusive, equitable and
qualitative education to its students irrespective of their social or
economic backgrounds by providing them lifelong learning opportunities.
Towards the empowerment of teachers by way of providing them adequate
training and support materials in order to achieve Foundational Literacy
and Numeracy in a time bound manner, a number of programmes have been
undertaken.
Foundational
Literacy and Numeracy: An urgent and necessary prerequisite to learning
outlines the goals as; the ability to read and write, and perform basic
operations with numbers for all future schooling and lifelong learning.
Attaining Foundational Literacy and Numeracy for all children will thus
become an urgent national mission. KVS, upto a great extent had adopted
child centred, pedagogical practices such as activity based, play way, joyful learning, role play etc.
which suited to the achievement of learning outcomes. Various
programmes like Common Minimum Programme (CMP), Strengthening of Primary
Education, Back to Basics etc. were introduced in all Kendriya Vidyalayas from time to time to ensure qualitative growth in the curricular transactions.
But still it was felt that our students also needed another boost to
improve upon their foundational literacy and numeracy in the light of
NEP 2020. To realize this goal, the experienced HMs/PRTs of KVs across
the country have put their experiences and ideas together and have come
out with Concept Wise Modules (CWM) to help the Primary Teachers of Kendriya
Vidyalayas to bring about pedagogical changes in their classroom
transactions mainly using toys, puppets, storytelling, art, music, indigenous games, experiential learning and other activities.
