Learning Standards for Classes K-8

Our Large Scale Assessment team worked collaboratively with the leading educationists in the country to develop Learning Standards for K-8. Learning Standards are a set of clear statements specifying key educational objectives broken up class-wise and subject-wise that must be achieved by students at the appropriate stage. These aim to ensure a minimum quality by clearly specifying expectations, while reducing ambiguity and disparities between schools and regions.

India does not have a comprehensive Learning Standards document, though some states and central agencies have educational objectives documents that lay down why and what should be covered, but not systematically and clearly. In the process of designing Learning Standards for KG- 8, a detailed review of what other countries do in K-8 education with what is being done in India (specifically, the textbooks of the Indian state boards, CBSE and ICSE; the syllabus document of the NCERT and the Anglo-Indian Board; the minimum Levels of Learning) was carried out by analyzing the documents and textbooks available.