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.
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