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Development of Supplementary Materials in Personal Finance
The department has prepared Supplementary Materials in Personal Finance to
provide students with an awareness and understanding of financial concepts so
that they may take informed financial decisions in an emerging area affecting
individual’s financial decisions. This will enable students develop proper
understanding as well as desired attitudes in money matters in a responsible
manner so that they can maintain a balance between income, expenditure, saving
and investment. Supplementary Reading Material on Personal Finance provides
answers on various financial queries that children are sure to encounter in life. It
helps in matters like, How to remain within a budget? How to manage money for
day to day expenses? How to finance large purchases or build up assets? How
to protect assets? Which insurance plan covers all risks? Where to invest money–
in bank deposits or mutual funds or shares of a company? What will happen on
retirement? Where to invest so as to get regular returns? It shows how planning
for taxes helps in reducing tax burden and earning more from investment.
Preparation of Handbook Volume II— Supplementary Reading Material
in Economics for the Higher Secondary Stage
The department undertook the task of developing the handbook for the practising
school teachers. Its objective is to provide enrichment material to PGTs in
Economics, which may facilitate in establishing the linkage between the
methodology of teaching of economics with different themes/topics and usage of
mathematical expression. Topics/themes were selected on the basis of suggestions
received from practising post graduate teachers from different regions of the
country.
This handbook has been developed in two volumes. Volume I includes the
use of various pedagogical approaches for teaching of economics in classes XI
and XII i.e. teaching economics through problem solving methods, concept
mapping, simulation, games, story telling, use of mathematical expression such
as algebra, equation, graphs etc. Volume II is an extension of Volume I which
focuses on establishing a linkage between the identified themes/topics and the
methodology of teaching economics. Views, suggestions and the feedback received
from the teachers and experts have been incorporated while finalising the material.
The Handbook will not only appraise the post graduate teachers of economics
with different methods of teaching economics but also enhance and upgrade
their teaching skills.
Development of a Standardised Format for CCE in Social Sciences from
Classes I-X
As proposed under the Plan of Action for 2010-11, the department undertook
‘Development of a Standardised Format for CCE in Social Sciences from Classes
I-X’. A draft framework was developed within the stipulated timeframe of three
months, i.e. August-October, 2010 based on the specific objectives of teaching
social sciences at different levels of school education as per the guidelines provided
in the NFG ‘Position Paper on Teaching of Social Sciences’, the ‘NCF-2005’ and
the NFG ‘Position Paper on Examination Reforms’. It included rationale,
curricular objectives of teaching social sciences at different levels, procedure to
be followed in implementing CCE in social sciences, strategies for doing and
evaluating projects in social sciences under CCE and the ‘model format’ with
notes for its implementation at the school level. It was shared with members from
Annual Report 2010-11