ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION

ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION

The process of curriculum construction is a cooperative effort. In this national agencies, regional and local level agencies, principals and the teachers as well as community members are involved.

THE ROLE OF NCERT IN CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION

In Indian situation for the planning of secondary level curriculum the agency involved at the central level is national council of educational training and research. It frames the curriculum and circulates it for adoption to state departments of education, boards of examination etc. It frames the curriculum in consultation with experts, subject teachers, and heads of institutions. Its task is to frame the curriculum in keeping with the national policy on education. The curriculum framework prepared by it is only suggestive and it is for the state governments and boards of examination to accept it, modify it or reject it.

ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION

As mention above the NCERT prepares the curriculum which is suggestive in nature and it is the state government who decides to select, modify or rejected. Every state government appoints a board of examination for secondary and higher secondary examination. This board prescribes the curriculum which has to be followed in all the institution which are to be recognized for sending their students for public examination conducted by the board. Each board has a subject committee which prescribes the content of the courses in that subject.

THE ROLE OF TEACHERS

It is seen from the above description that the process of curriculum construction is by and large designed centrally. Not many teachers are directly involved in it. Only those teachers who are the part of committee have the opportunity to participate in this process. The teachers working in aided and recognized schools have no freedom to plan their own curriculum. But , the teachers working in experimental innovative schools may have the opportunity to do so. But for the most of teachers it is not possible to do so. They may only have some freedom in the transacting the curriculum in prescribed framework. The ideal process of curriculum construction is that in which the students and teachers, plan it jointly. The teachers keeping the students interests and potentialities and the environmental situation may plan curriculum in accordance with the principles of curriculum construction. But this is not practiced in our country. Thus, we can say that only those teachers who are the members of some committees or participate in some seminars sponsored the state government or the NCERT can play some role in the process of curriculum construction. Otherwise only a creative teacher can give his best to the students through his innovative way of curriculum transaction.