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Minister seeks change in teacher training courses

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Stresses need for pre-school policy

NEW DELHI: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday urged the Centre to give equal emphasis to changes in the curriculum of teacher training institutions, in keeping with the changes planned in the curriculum for students.

Mr. Reddy was speaking at the 54th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education on "National Curriculum Framework" here.

He said there is a need to frame a proper policy on pre-school education, apart from primary and secondary education, since this can help in improving enrolment and retention levels in primary classes and help their elder siblings attend their classes regularly.

There is a need to tailor the curriculum for secondary education in such a way that there is a separate scheme for students who do not aspire for college education to get their training in life skills while in school itself. In Karnataka, for instance, the pass percentage was only between 50 and 55 in the tenth standard public examination.

He called for incorporating basic knowledge of modern-day agriculture at the secondary level. In this context, he referred to the deliberations at a national seminar on "Relevance of school curriculum-focus on agriculture" held in Bangalore recently. Pointing out that more than 50 per cent of students from rural communities give up their studies when they are in tenth standard and take to farming, experts feel modern agriculture is different from traditional farming, he said.

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