According to NCF (2005), the salient guiding principles of curriculum development include a) connecting knowledge to life outside the school b) ensuring that the learning shifts away from rote methods c) enriching curriculum beyond textbooks d) interfacing with medical model of disability e) focusing on the dominant culture Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
a, b and c only
NCF 2005 explicitly recommends connecting knowledge with life outside school, moving away from rote learning, and enriching the curriculum beyond textbooks. Hence a, b and c are correct. A medical model of disability and privileging a dominant culture are not among these guiding principles.
| LIST-I (Commission/Document) | LIST-II (Recommendation/Idea) |
| A. Mudaliar Commission | I. Comprehensive programme for teacher education through DIET |
| B. National Education Commission | II. School internship model of 6-10 weeks in a 2-year programme and 15- 20 weeks in 4-year programme |
| C. NPE (1986) | III. Multi track education at secondary level |
| D. NCFTE (2009) | IV. Teacher undoubtedly the most important person for education and national development |