Foundational Literacy

and Numeracy

Prof. Anup Kumar Rajput

Department of Elementary Education
NCERT
 Foundational Literacy and
Numeracy

An urgent
Recognizing
and
the primacy
necessary
of Early
pre-
Education
requisite
to learning
 Need of FLN
Class 3
Low learning
levels

Increased
drop-out rate

Inappropriate Class 5
language and
mathematical
skills
 Universal FLN - Objectives
• Making learners competent in doing meaningful reading and
writing by the time they enter grade 3.

• Developing the basic understanding and competencies related

to numeracy and its related concepts among young learners
till grade 2.

• Developing skills among the learners to amalgamate their

outside school experiences in their classroom learning to
attain foundational literacy and numeracy in a better way.
 Curricular Expectations

PEDAGOGY
RESOURCES Locally
(should include
developed as per National
play-way and
Guidelines
experiential
ACTIVITIES)
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT

MATHEMATICAL • Reading with

THINKING comprehension
• Writing with
• Numeracy
understanding
• Number sense
• Speaking with
• Spatial understanding
coherent thought

Curriculum
Development
 Foundational Literacy
Reading
For joy

Listening and Speaking

with comprehension
Writing
reflects child’s
Reading is experiences

comprehension

Writing for various purposes

 Foundational Numeracy
Competent in Counting
Development of Number sense

Development of
Mathematical
Thinking

Understanding
about
Numberness

Application S
E
Basic V
Operations E
N
on Numbers
for problem
solving
Numeracy and Mathematical understanding

Spatial
Pre-number understanding
Concepts – space, size,
position

Visualisation

Number Mathematical
Sense Vocabulary
 SPM – School Preparation Module
Preparatory Class or ‘ BALVATIKA’
• 3 months play-
based learning
for all Grade 1
Module students.
"Balvatika” • Activities and workbooks around
• Sounds,
Elements • words,
• Alphabets,
of SPM • Colors, Shapes and Numbers
involving collaborations with peers
and parents.
• To be developed
by NCERT & SCERT
Material SCERT s/ SIEs
• Stand alone
Anganwadis
Where? • Anganwadis co-located
with schools
• Pre-primary schools
• Standalone pre-schools