Children in the age group 3-6 years should not be made to take a test, oral or written, the Narendra Modi government’s new guidelines and curriculum for pre-school suggest. The guidelines suggested by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) say the assessment for children in pre-school should be based on progress and not on ‘pass’ or ‘fail’. The new guidelines also suggest the assessment must be based on qualitative judgment of children’s activities, status of their health, nutrition, physical and social well-being.

Children in the age group 3-6 years should not be made to take a test, oral or written, the Narendra Modi government’s new guidelines and curriculum for pre-school suggest. The guidelines suggested by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) say the assessment for children in pre-school should be based on progress and not on ‘pass’ or ‘fail’. The new guidelines also suggest the assessment must be based on qualitative judgment of children’s activities, status of their health, nutrition, physical and social well-being.