Which statement best captures the overall pedagogical vision of NCF-SE 2023?
Options
A. Education should primarily maximize memorization and examination performance.
B. Education should be teacher-dominated, textbook-centred, and content-heavy.
C. Education should develop holistic learners through conceptual understanding, competency-based and experiential learning, critical and creative thinking, values and dispositions, inclusion, multidisciplinary learning, and meaningful assessment.
D. Education should focus exclusively on digital technology.
Explanation
NCF-SE 2023 represents a major curricular shift from content-heavy and rote-oriented education toward holistic, competency-based, experiential, inquiry-driven, inclusive, and learner-centred education. For UPSC-level pedagogy, remember the central chain: NEP 2020 → NCF-SE 2023 → curricular goals → competencies → learning outcomes → pedagogy → assessment. NCERT's own advisory emphasizes conceptual understanding, critical thinking, creativity, values and dispositions, and the equal importance of school subjects for holistic education. (NCERT)
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