Curriculum Planning and Art Education Overview

Curriculum Planning

• Leadership and Teachers are familiar with the spirit and content of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) and National Education Policy (NEP) recommendations.
• Teachers integrate recommendations from the NCF and NEP into their lesson plans.
• Schools develop a Curricular, Pedagogical, and Assessment Policy for each stage, aligned with the new curricular and pedagogical structure (5+3+3+4).

Art Education

• The school provides ample opportunities for Art Education, including music, dance, visual arts, and theatre.
• Art activities are embedded into the Annual Curriculum and Pedagogical Plan.
• The school fosters local art and craft, students' artwork is displayed on school premises.
• Culinary Art is a part of the curriculum in grades 6-8.
• The school offers orientation programs to raise awareness among parents and school management about the importance of Art education.

Vocational Education

• The school has a Vocational Education Programme that develops entrepreneurial and employability skills.
• The Vocational Education Programme provides students with opportunities for internships and apprenticeships at local industries

Life Skills Development

• The school has a Life Skills Development Program that focuses on thinking, social, and emotional skills.

Physical Education

• The school has a Policy and a strong leadership team dedicated to promoting Health and Physical Education.
• PE, sports, yoga, and fitness activities are included in the school's curriculum.
• Inclusive Physical Education and Sport are integral components of the school program.

Values and Ethos

• The school fosters values through a climate of care, compassion, and respect, encourages diversity, and cultivates pride in the school among stakeholders.
• The school instills pride in Indian heritage and civilization and encourages students to be aware of their responsibilities to society, living beings, and nature.

Student Performance, Assessment of Learning Outcomes, and Feedback

• The school ensures a 75% attendance rate and strives to reduce dropouts.
• Teachers use various modes of assessment, such as Assessment of Learning, to evaluate students' performance.
• The school uses defined procedures and criteria for regular student assessments and employs varied assessment tools and techniques, such as Assessment for Learning and As Learning.
• The school assesses skills and competencies in various areas, including visual and performing arts, life skills, values and ethos, vocational skills, health and physical education, scientific skills, computational skills, literacy skills, digital skills, reading skills, and other skills, based on Learning Outcomes and the criteria outlined in the Holistic Progress Card (HPC).
• The school leverages the results of NAS/SLAS/Third Party Assessment/CBSE SAFAL assessment to ensure all students progress along their developmental continuum.

Early Childhood Care and Education and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

• The school organizes content and teaching-learning materials based on clearly defined Learning Outcomes, principles and guidelines provided in the NCF for the Foundational Stage, taking into consideration the local context.
• The school takes an inclusive approach to pedagogy, using play-based, engaging, contextual, and experiential learning methods.
• The school conducts regular and ongoing assessments to check for the achievement of defined Learning Outcomes, using age-appropriate methods.
• The school works to create a suitable ecosystem for achieving Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) targets for all children.