Kerala School Curriculum (2013) - Chief characteristics The curriculum

Kerala School Curriculum (2013) - Chief characteristics The curriculum

• is learner-centred, process-oriented, activity- based and value oriented.
• gives stress to the learning outcomes that a learner imbibes at the cognitive, social and

emotional levels.

• lays stress on the skills to be attained by the learner in values and attitude.
• is based on the philosophy of constructivism.
• gives teachers freedom to choose and employ logical and varied learning strategies for the transaction of curriculum.
• is flexible to implement various teaching - learning strategies recognizing the learning outcomes, nature of the content and the different levels of the learners. Discovery learning, Concept attainment model, Inductive method, Meta cognition, Cooperative learning, Collaborative learning, Reflective learning, and giving opportunities to individuals and group learning etc. are taken into consideration.
• ensures free and universal education to all learners.
• is comprehensive and takes into consideration the various stages from the pre-primary level to the higher secondary level.
• is used as an effective tool for the transaction of various subjects. l designs innovative learning strategies as well as assessment activities for children with special educational needs.
• ensures a Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) focused on learning outcomes.
• stresses Health and Physical Education, Art Education and Work Education.
• prepares at the higher secondary level, textbooks that are the need of the hour.
• lays stress on Right-based Education in the light of Right to Education Act, 2009.
• provides an opportunity to the learner to experience necessary safety, care and security both at school and in the classroom by raising the teacher to the level of a mentor.
• lays stress on the Code of Professional Ethics for school teachers.
• helps to acquire new learning skills which enable the learner to face contemporary challenges. l is intended to inculcate human values in the learners.
• ensures equity and equality among the learners.
• ensures the harmony of head, heart and hand and aims at a comprehensive development envisioned to make learning natural.