Section 4(4)(ii) in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

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Section 4(4)(ii) in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

(ii)There is a tendency for the system, while formulating the curriculum, to ignore the ground realities of children, and to espouse 'deficit' theories of learning which assume that children from disadvantaged backgrounds are also lacking in ability or interest'. For example, the child may speak a different language at home, may be a first generation school-goer, may continue to help with domestic chores of the family, but the design and transaction of the curriculum fails to recognise this and build on it. It is common for the system to claim that children who come to school at an older age of say 8 or 9 years 'know nothing' - just because they do not know how to read and write. This again is a failure of the system to recognise that children are natural learners and that they bring with them sophisticated structures of learning and constructing knowledge. Any attempt to improve the quality of education will succeed only if it goes hand in hand with steps to promote equality and social justice. This can only be achieved when the knowledge and experience of children from all backgrounds and particularly those from disadvantaged groups are fore- fronted in school learning with primacy to their socio-cultural context.

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Section 4(4)(ii) in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan