Karnataka Prepares To Implement NEP For Children Over 3 Years By November- Education News
Karnataka is gearing up to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) under the early childhood education component for those aged above three years, by November.
In the first phase, the NEP would be rolled out in 20,000 anganwadis and schools. School Education and Literacy Minister B C Nagesh and Women and Child Development Minister Halappa Achar announced this on Thursday at a joint press conference. Stating that the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) from the Union Education Ministry is expected in September, Mr. Nagesh said, the State’s curriculum framework would be finalized in October, and expert teams are already working on it. If things go as planned, we will do it by November in about 20,000 anganwadis and schools.”
Once the State’s curriculum framework is finalized, training would be imparted to anganwadi workers based on it, he said. The NEP would be implemented by School Education and Literacy Department in partnership with the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD). There are 66,361 anganwadi centres in the State, Child Development Minister Achar said.
Among the anganwadi workers, 732 are postgraduates, 6,017 are graduates, 14,303 have completed pre-university education and 40,786 have completed SSLC (class 10). There may be some constraints with respect to anganwadi workers with SSLC as their qualification, but efforts to train them would be made, he added.
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