Play-based teaching module prepared for Class 1 students to ease post-COVID transition

The 12-week long module should be used even after pandemic, according to NCERT professors who prepared ‘Vidya Pravesh’

With schools having been closed for the last year and a half due to COVID-19, the Central government has issued a 12-week play-based module as a transition aid to help students ease into physical classes for the first time. This preparatory module should be used for all Class 1 students across the country even after the pandemic, according to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) professors who prepared the ‘Vidya Pravesh’ module. “COVID or no COVID, it’s a fact that there is a huge variety of children coming to join Class 1 in any given year. Some may have gone to private pre-schools, some may have been to anganwadis, and many have no formal education at all. Children come with different levels of learning and those who are behind continue to lag behind,” said one of the NCERT professors, who did not wish to be named.