CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Instructional hours in an academic year : Class 1 to 5 – 800 hours. Class 6 to 8 – 1000 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -Student-Teacher Ratio. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 in its Schedule lays down Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools. At primary level the PTR should be 30:1 and at the upper primary level it should be 35:1.

Detailed explanation-3: -45 hours including preparation hours as the minimum number of working hours per week for the teacher.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian children are spending anything between 4 and 10 hours in school.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to the RTE Act, a teacher will spend a minimum of 45 hours in teaching including preparation hours in a week, and will be prohibited from the practice of private tuition. It provides for the appointment of appropriately trained teachers, i.e. teachers with the requisite entry and academic qualifications.