MHRD releases NCERT alternative academic
calendar for class 11, 12
By : EDUCATION Updated: Jun 03, 2020
hindustantimes.com| Edited by Nandini
Union human resource development minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has released an alternative academic calendar
developed by NCERT on Wednesday. The alternative calendar directs teachers on
the use of various technological tools/social media tools to educate students
while they are at home.
Tweeting about the alternative academic
calendar, HRD minister wrote, “The calendar will cater to the needs of all
children including Divyang children (Children with Special Need)- link for
Audiobooks, Radio programmes, Video programmes, etc. will be included. This will
empower our students, teachers, school principals, and parents to find out
positive ways to deal with Covid-19 using on-line teaching-learning resources
and help in the attainment of learning outcomes.”
Meanwhile CIET- NCERT also tweeted about
the academic calendar, “Come online, teach your children at home and be safe
with Alternative Academic Calendar.”
About the Alternative Academic Calendar:
A week-wise plan for the higher secondary
stage (for Classes XI and XII) has been developed, keeping in view the
availability of tools with the teachers. The week-wise plan consists of
interesting activities and challenges, with reference to the themes and
chapters taken from the syllabus or textbook across the subject areas. Most
importantly, it maps the themes with the learning outcomes.
Initially, this calendar is prepared for
four weeks, which may be extended further. In this calendar the themes/topics
have been selected from syllabus and are linked with the learning outcomes.
Guidelines have been developed for conducting interesting activities based on
these learning outcomes. But it is a matter of fact that many teachers and
parents only have simple mobile phones as a tool available at their homes and
all the teachers and students do not have virtual classroom facility. In view
of this the activities are designed and presented in such a way that many
activities can be conducted by the parents and students on their own after
talking to the teachers over phone.
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