PM Shri Schools

In News 

• Union Education Ministry is planning to set up “PM Shri Schools”.

PM Shri Schools 

• PM Shri Schools will be the laboratory of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
• They will be fully equipped to prepare students for the future.

Features 

• It could imbibe 5+3+3+4 (to replace the 10+2 schooling system) approach of NEP covering pre-school to secondary, emphasis on ECCE, teacher training & adult education.
• There will be an integration of skill development with school education and prioritising learning in mother tongue which are steps for preparing global citizens of the 21st century.
• Since the NEP 2020 also increases the span of the Right to Education Act, it will now cover ages 3 to 18.

5+3+4 System

• As per the new school education system of 5+3+3+4 outlined in NEP 2020, children will spend 5 years in the Foundational stage, 3 years in the Preparatory stage, 3 years in the Middle stage, and 4 years in the Secondary stage.
• The division of stages has been made in line with the kind of cognitive development stages that a child goes through early childhood, school years, and secondary stage.

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