Characteristics of a Good Curriculum

 Characteristics of a Good Curriculum

1. Flexible: It should not be narrowly conceived but dynamic and forward-looking.

2. Cultivation of democracy: It should foster the development of attitudes and skills required for maintaining a planned social order of a democratic type. To put it more concretely, it should contribute towards democratic living.

3. Child-centered: needs and interests of the children should be taken care of

4. Activities: channelizing the energy of the children in well-planned and organized learning activities in and outside classroom activities

5.  Day-to-day planning: the whole academic calendar, with well-defined goals, should be prepared and shared with the stakeholders, making them aware of the plan and role.

6. Inclusive: no one should leave out or be left behind

7. Psychologically sound: should be psychological sound. It should take into account the theories of learning relevant to teaching, at the par mental capacity of the student

8.CCE: assessment of all the aspects, in a different way, not only bookish knowledge

9.Balance between practical and theoretical knowledge:

10. Contextual: should be prepared at par the local context and needs of the society keeping in mind the diversity of the learners.

11.Linking with school experience with outside school experience: bringing the community into the school and going to the community

12.  Uniformity (one nation one curriculum): but keeping in mind the diversity, 30:70= local: national

13.  Technology/ ICT: scope for adapting the latest technology and making the stakeholders aware of the same.

14.  Input from the research: tested and improved through research

15.  Learning without burden: should not be overloaded with content and other activities; core correlation among the subjects is necessary which in NCF2005 is named as "softening the boundaries'' and in NEP as no hard separations between arts and sciences, between curricular and extra-curricular activities, between vocational and academic streams, etc. in order to eliminate harmful hierarchies among, and silos between different areas of learning;

16.  Fulfilling the requirement of the New Education Policy: see page 5 of NEP 2020