Sign In
Learn bits
Schemes & Policies
Mahesh

21/02/23 21:26 PM IST

‘Jaadui Pitara’

In News
  • Toys, puzzles, puppetry, posters, flash cards, worksheets and attractive storybooks are part of the “Jaadui Pitara” launched by the Ministry of Education for learning at the foundational stage.
Jaadui Pitara
  • Envisaged as a child-centric, innovative, toy-based learning experience that will strengthen conceptual understanding amongst the learners aged 3-8 years, the “Jaadui Pitara” has been designed on the motto of “learning through play”, as envisaged in the new National Education Policy (NEP).
  • “Jadui Pitara comprising playbooks, toys, puzzles, posters, flash cards, storybooks, worksheets as well as reflecting the local culture, social context and languages is designed to pique curiosity and accommodate the diverse needs of learners at the foundational stage. Developed under the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), the pitara is available in 13 Indian languages.
  • The NCERT has developed a trainers’ handbook, mapping the curriculum goals for future training of teachers at the foundational stage.
  • The “Jaadui Pitara” recommends learning and development in five domains — physical development, socio-emotional and ethical development, cognitive development, language and literacy development, aesthetic and cultural development. Positive learning habits have been included as another domain of development at this stage.
About NEP
  • The NEP 2020 envisages a “5+3+3+4” curriculum pedagogical structure.
  • The Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education has formed the National Steering Committee, headed by K Kasturirangan, to develop the NCF for each of the stages.
  • The NCF for the foundational stage (FS) was launched by the Ministry of Education last year and according to the curriculum framework, the NCERT has developed and collected the learning-teaching material (LTM).
  • Accordingly, the LTM for the foundational stage was launched recently, using the concept of “Jaadui Pitara”.
Source- Live mint

More Related Current Affairs View All

05 Mar

First-ever comprehensive survey of India’s river dolphins

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the first-ever comprehensive population estimation of riverine dolphins – Gangetic and Indus dolphins – done in In

Read More

05 Mar

Arresting women at night

'The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Deepa versus S. Vijayalakshmi and Others ruled that the legal provision in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which

Read More

05 Mar

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

'The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) looking to wrap up public consultations on the draft Rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 by Mar

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps