BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has constituted a 16-member committee to develop the state curriculum framework in alignment with the National curriculum framework. A state steering committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Prof. Nityananda Pradhan, retired principal of the Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal.
“In order to develop the State Curriculum Framework (SCFs) under the ambit of National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP-2020), and in alignment with the National Curriculum Framework with local contextualization, the government have been pleased to form a state steering committee under the chairmanship of Prof Nityananda Pradhan,” a government notification said. The state government on Wednesday had issued a notification for the implementation of the NEP, 2020 in all schools in Odisha.
As suggested by the NEP 2020, the new education system will follow a 5+3+3+4 education system where the students will spend 5 years (pre-primary and Grade 1-2) in strengthening their foundation, 3 years in the preparatory stage (Grade 3-5), 3 years in the middle stage (Grade 6-8) and rest 4 years (Grade 9-12) in the secondary stage.
The foundational stage will be for children aged 3 to 8 at Anganwadi/pre-school, Class 1 and Class 2 with emphasis on flexible, multilevel, play/activity-based learning and the curriculum and pedagogy of early childhood Care and Education (ECCE).