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Which one of the following should NOT be the objective of teaching EVS at primary level as per NCF-2005?

Which one of the following should NOT be the objective of teaching EVS at primary level as per NCF-2005? Correct Answer To develop precise quantitative skills among children through understanding of environmental issues.

The NCF (National Curriculum Framework) 2005 is one of the four NCF published in India by NCERT. It seeks to provide a framework for the betterment of educational purposes and experiences.

Important Points

According to NCF-2005 objectives of teaching EVS at the primary level:

  • To develop an awareness about environmental issues.
  • To nurture the curiosity and creativity of the child particularly in relation to the natural environment.
  • To help children to explore and connect to their surroundings.
  • To make children able to solve environmental issues in an inclusive manner.
  • To engage the child in exploratory and hands-on activities to acquire basic cognitive and psychomotor skills through observation, classification, inference, etc.
  • To train children to locate and comprehend relationships between the natural, social and cultural environment.
  • To enhance children's learning capabilities by providing a concrete learning experience.
  • To develop their own insight into the functioning of several things in their environment.

Hence, we conclude that 'developing precise quantitative skills among children through an understanding of environmental issues is not the objective of teaching EVS at primary level as per NCF-2005.

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