Topics to be Brainstormed

• Innovative Pedagogical Approaches: It will include discussion on strategies for incorporating play-based and experiential learning across various subjects with more focus on integration of Art and Physical Education.
• Holistic Assessment Strategies: It will focus on developing and implementing competency-based assessments for all the domains of the personality, viz., social-emotional, psychomotor, aesthetic, cultural, linguistic and cognitive.
• Inclusive Practices to accommodate diverse learning needs and styles.
• Utilizing technology to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
• Teacher Training and Professional Development: It will focus on effective methods for training teachers in new pedagogical approaches and assessment techniques.
• Engaging parents and the community in the educational process: Building partnerships with local communities to support the integration of cultural and indigenous knowledge in the curriculum.
• Curriculum Adaptation and Localisation: Adapting the national curriculum frameworks to local contexts and needs and developing context-specific learning materials and resources.
• Multilingual Education: Promoting and implementing multilingual education from the foundational stage and developing resources and teaching strategies for multilingual classrooms.
• Vocational Education as a subject from Middle Stage onwards.

Expected Outcomes
In this session, the participants will:

• gain a deeper comprehension of the shift from the earlier curriculum to the new 21st-century competency based curriculum.
• develop the skills necessary to create strategic plans for rolling out NCF-FS and NCF-SE in schools.
• enhance their ability to identify key resources and support systems required for successful implementation.
• foster mutual understanding, leading to the establishment of collaborative networks among educators, policymakers, and administrators.
• engage in the sharing of best practices and innovative ideas for curriculum implementation.
• adopt play-based and experiential learning methods.
• integrate holistic education principles into their educational practices.

Roadmap for Institutes

• Orientation and Training: SCERTs/SIEs/DIETs and SIEMATs need to conduct regular orientation and training sessions for school heads, teachers and teacher educators on NCF-FS and NCF-SE. They can utilize digital platforms for the continuous professional development of all concerned stakeholders.
• Curriculum and Material Development:
  • SCERTs need to develop and contextualize learning-teaching materials in line with NCF-FS and NCF-SE and NCERT’s textbooks.
  • Schools need to collaborate with local artisans and experts to create indigenous learning resources.
• Implementation and Monitoring: SCERTs, Education Departments and Samagra Shiksha need to oversee the gradual introduction of new textbooks and learning materials establishing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track progress and address challenges.
• Community and Parental Engagement
  • Schools to involve parents and community members in the educational process.
  • Schools to organise programmes for parents and community to explain the benefits of the new curriculum frameworks.