The State Government has released comprehensive guidelines for the effective implementation of pre-primary education in government and local body primary and upper primary schools. The main objective of this programme is to develop essential School Readiness skills among children before they enter Class 1 through joyful, play-based, and child-centred learning methods.

Key Highlights

🔹 1. Teaching-Learning Materials

- Daily lesson plans should be implemented as per the Teacher Handbook prepared by SCERT.

- Literacy and numeracy workbooks should be provided to every student.

- Stories, poems, videos, and Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs) should be used effectively.

🔹 2. Student Assessment

- Informal assessments should be conducted on the 18th and 19th of every month.

- Each student’s learning progress should be recorded through the Learning Tracker, and special support should be provided to children who need improvement.

🔹 3. Training for Pre-Primary Teachers

- Attendance in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training programmes conducted by SCERT is mandatory.

🔹 4. Responsibilities of Headmasters

- A poster displaying pre-primary Lakshyas (learning goals) should be placed in the school.

- Classroom observations should be conducted every week (preferably on Friday).

- Constructive suggestions should be given to teachers, and a feedback diary should be maintained.

🔹 5. Classroom Management

- Classrooms should be attractive, colourful, and have a print-rich learning environment.

- Children’s drawings, stories, poems, charts, letters, and numbers should be displayed.

- Labels should be placed on objects so that children can easily identify and learn from them.

🔹 6. Four Mandatory Learning Corners

The following learning corners should be arranged:

1. Reading Corner

2. Cognitive Corner

3. Creative Corner

4. Play Corner

These corners should be developed using locally available and safe teaching materials.

🔹 7. Learning Outcomes (Lakshyas) Expected from Students

Students should be able to:

- Identify Telugu and English alphabets.

- Hold a pencil correctly and write letters.

- Recognize and count numbers up to 9.

- Compare shapes, colours, and sizes.

- Follow personal hygiene habits.

- Express their feelings and ideas.

- Develop fine motor skills and social-emotional skills.

🔹 8. Daily Time Table

- 9:00–9:30: Assembly

- 9:30–10:00: Circle Time (free conversation, poems)

- 10:00–10:25: Literacy Activities

- 10:25–10:40: Break

- 10:40–11:00: Story Time

- 11:00–11:25: Numeracy Activities

- 11:25–11:50: Exploration and Creative Activities

- 11:50–12:10: Play Time

- 12:10–12:15: Goodbye Time

🔹 9. Safety Guidelines

- Continuous supervision of children.

- Safe classrooms and play areas.

- First Aid facilities should be available.

- Clean drinking water and toilets must be provided.

- Physical punishment is strictly prohibited.

- Zero tolerance towards child abuse and harassment.

- Any child protection-related issue should be reported immediately.

Conclusion

These guidelines focus on implementing pre-primary education as a joyful, play-based, child-centred, safe, and inclusive learning process. Special importance has been given to foundational literacy and numeracy, continuous assessment, supervision by headmasters, child safety, and the overall development of children.