Class 12 Board Tweak : Reorienting Progressive Admission Insurance policies

The Nationwide Curriculum Framework will assist college students of the Class 11 & 12 in choosing programs of their selection for the 4-year undergraduate program. The Nationwide Character Framework will even deal with cognitive progress of those kids with a view to make them well-rounded people.

As recommended within the draft Nationwide Curriculum Framework, the multidisciplinary expertise in lessons 11 and 12 will assist college students in choosing their main and minor programs for the four-year undergraduate programme. UGC Chairman M Jagadesh shared his views on the matter.

From incorporating scholar efficiency from earlier lessons into the ultimate 10 & 12 outcomes, conducting “modular exams” for grades 11 and 12, switching to a semester system for sophistication 12, emphasising multidisciplinary training in lessons 11 and 12 with “no onerous separation” between science, arts, and commerce, to selecting newer evaluation strategies, are a few of the suggestions made within the draught of the brand new Nationwide Curriculum Framework. The brand new NCF is in line with the Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP) 2020 and was created by the nationwide steering group, which was fashioned by the union authorities and is led by former ISRO chief Ok Kasturirangan.

Nationwide Character Framework : Lessons construct on character progress as effectively

Jagadesh believes that the Nationwide Character Framework (NCF) was created in accordance with the Nationwide Training Coverage-2020’s purpose that the aim of training wouldn’t solely be cognitive progress but in addition character constructing and producing holistic and well-rounded people, in lessons 11 & 12.

A paradigm shift in how training is considered total has been caused by the Nationwide Curriculum Framework, which was unveiled in October of final yr. It curates a transparent framework for a way India can perform one of many main elements of the Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP) 2020. Presently, the curricula for public faculties comply with the ten+2 system. Based on NEP, there’ll now be 4 tutorial ranges for lessons: basis, preparatory, center, and secondary.

Nationwide School Fund : Upskilling college students in varied lessons & streams is vital

Talking on the alignment of pursuing varied topic combos in school 11 & 12, the Nationwide School Fund (NCF) helps college students’ mobility throughout fields and establishments and extends from secondary training to greater training and talent training. With the substitute of the present apply of separating college students into scientific, arts, humanities, and commerce streams, college students will be capable to acquire each depth of their chosen fields and breadth by participating with a wide range of programs throughout streams. 

Based on NEP 2020, the UGC Chairman reinstates {that a} four-year bachelor’s diploma would be the hottest selection because it allows holistic and multidisciplinary studying by concentrating on the chosen main and minors as per the scholar’s need. To permit the implementation of the NCF, the UGC produced “Curriculum and Credit score Framework for Undergraduate Programmes,” stipulating that college students usually are not wanted to pick out the programs they’ve already taken on the Class 12 degree. 

Pupil mobility throughout completely different lessons in universities

All through the primary yr of the UG programme, college students will even have numerous publicity to extra fields. College students will select their main and minor on the conclusion of the primary yr after having publicity to a number of topics in lessons XI and XII and the primary yr of the UG programme. Universities will undoubtedly alter their admissions practices given the emphasis positioned in NEP and NEF on bridging inflexible disciplinary boundaries.

Jagadesh additional emphasises on the requirement of extra latitude within the admissions processes & procedures in these lessons. If needed, universities can urge such college students to enroll in some bridge programs. It is a much-needed technique for selling multidisciplinary in greater training. Properly-known universities ought to proactively put these enabling measures in place to permit for scholar mobility throughout fields in varied lessons.