PANAJI
The State government on Tuesday issued a circular denoting the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 at the pre-primary level from the new academic year.
According to the circular, the minimum age for admission to nursery will be three years as per norms prescribed in NEP.
"It has been decided in terms of NEP-2020, to inform all heads of institutions having nursery classes that the age for admission of the child from the academic year 2021-22 onwards for the first year of nursery class shall be three years complete on or before May 31", says the circular issued by the DoE.
Meanwhile, the State government decided to defer the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 at four different levels as planned earlier, on account of Covid
The government had decided to introduce the NEP 2020, beginning with the foundation stage which includes three years of pre-primary school, Class I and II.
The preliminary decision was taken during the Empowered Committee meeting held in May and chaired by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
Earlier, chairman of the Task Force appointed to draft the roadmap for school education MLA Subhash Shirodkar and for higher education former CM Laxmikant Parsekar along with the Director of Education, Higher Education and Technical Education had submitted their reports to the government.
The new education policy proposes a new curricular and pedagogical structure, with a 5+3+3+4 design covering the children in the age group 3 to 18 years.
Under this, there is five years of the Foundational Stage: 3 years of pre-primary school and Grades I, II.
As per the current education system, Nursery, Lower KG, Upper KG is under the pre-primary category, while the primary includes Class I to IV.
The policy aims to universalise pre-primary education (age range of 3 to 6 years) by 2025 and provide foundational literacy and numeracy for all by the same year.
