Bhubaneswar: Secretary School & Mass Education , Shalini Pandit rushed to the poorest fo the poor families to invite children for joining Shishu Vatika.
Shrimati Pandit, a humane Mandarin met the family Members of the kids and invited their children to Shishu Vatika.
In fact after consultation with experts and various educationists and experts from different Education Boards, for the better educational development of students, the age of enrollment in class 1 has been fixed at 6 years or above in the National Education Policy 2020.
For the convenience of students, the deadline for completing the age of 6 years has been fixed at 1st September instead of 31st March.
Shrimati Pandit, not only a kind hearted, but also a highly sensitive IAS Officer loves people and her presence in the slums to invite poor kids has generated lot of enthusiasm among the parents.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has invited the children to join Shishu Vatika for learning. Shrimati Pandit presented these invitation cards to the kids.
Based on the NEP the ‘Shishu Vatika’ class for children of 5 to 6 years of age in our state will be functioning in every school from April 2 with the existing infrastructure and manpower.
Teacher’s handbook and workbook for children’s developed by TE&SCERT will be provided. One teacher from each primary school has been trained to take Shishu Vatika class.
Government of Odisha has also planned to introduce the new textbooks from class -1 to 8 aligns with those books prepared by NCERT as per National Curriculum Framework during the next academic year- 2026-2027.