SCERT seeks feedback on learning outcomes

A COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED BY SCERT TO STUDY AND ADAPT THE DRAFT LEARNING OUTCOMES PREPARED BY NCERT

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has invited suggestions from teachers, principals and educationist on the learning outcomes prepared by the agency.

The feedback for the learning outcomes for elementary classes in five subjects can be sent to SCERT by April 14. The five subjects include —Mathematics, Social science, Hindi, English and Environmental Science.

Learning outcomes are the minimum levels of learning, which every child has to attain from Class 1 to 8.

For example, as per the outcome prepared by SCERT, a Class 3 student should be able to recite simple poems with gestures, listen and follow simple instructions for routine tasks in school and orally describe everyday objects in very short sentences.

A committee was established by SCERT to study and adapt the draft learning outcomes prepared by National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for elementary classes as per the need of schools in Delhi.

This year the NCERT, under the direction of Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), prepared learning outcomes to facilitate the monitoring of students against expected benchmarks.

The move followed criticism that after the implementation of the No Detention Policy under the Right to Education (RTE) Act children are not able to read and write as per their level in schools.

Those interested can send the suggestions to feedback2scert@gmail.com.

As per the SCERT learning outcomes, all children between classes 3 to 5 should be able to read 8-10 lines of simple story in Hindi/Urdu with comprehension, read short paragraph of 4-5 lines in English and explain the meaning of key words in it and identify and carry out basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) involving 3 digits number.

For upper primary classes of 6-8, a child must be able to read any text in Hindi/Urdu (short stories or informative text) with comprehension, read short stories (8-10 lines) in English with comprehension i.e. being able to identify main idea, details and sequence and draws conclusion and identify and carry out basic operations involving four-digit numbers.