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Option 2 : A and B
Environmental studies aid children in comprehending how things work and interact in their environment. At the primary level, it is an integrated subject area that incorporates knowledge from science, social science, and environmental education.
Its aim is to help students acquire a holistic or integrated view of the environment in which they live.
Objectives of EVS at the primary level-
- To train children to locate and comprehend relationships between the natural, social and cultural environment.
- To create cognitive capacity and resourcefulness to make the child curious about social phenomena starting with family and moving on to wider spaces.
- To develop an awareness of environmental issues.
- To engage children in exploratory and hands-on activities to acquire basic cognitive and psychomotor skills through observation, classification, inference, etc.
- To be able to critically address gender concerns and issues of marginalization and cooperation with values of equality and justice and respect for human dignity and rights.
Hence, we conclude that the objectives of teaching EVS at the primary level are A and B.
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