3. INTRODUCTION
• The curriculum should be designed on the
basis of the following principles:
• Challenge and enjoyment
• Breadth
• Progression
• Depth
• Coherence
• Relevance
4. GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF CURRIULUM ORGANISATION
• The principles will assist teachers and schools in their
practice and as a basis for continuing review, evaluation
and improvement. They apply to the curriculum at national,
education authority, school and individual levels and must
be taken into account for all children and young people
• Children and young people should find their learning
challenging, engaging and motivating. The curriculum
should encourage high aspirations and ambitions for all
• The principles must be taken into account for all children
and young peoples. Educationalists have laid certain
principle for developing curriculum. Some of the basic
principles are indicated and explained below:
5. The Principle of Child Centered
• Curriculum must be child centered.
• It must be based on the present needs
, requirements and circumstances of
the child.
• The child need experience than
instruction.
• True education can be acquired only
through activity and experience.
6. The PRINCIPLE OF COMMUNITY CENTERED
• Besides treating each child as an individual, we should
also view him as a member of the community to which
he belongs.
• In fact, the learner is going to be an active member of
the community, as a citizen.
• The child cannot be educated in a vacuum.
• He is to be educated in a school established by the
society.
7. The Principle of Activity Centered
• Action is a sign of life.
• Man is an active being.
• Therefore ,the curriculum should
provide for a variety of activities both
physical and mental in which children
are naturally interested.
• Emphasis should given to learning by
doing through the activities of hand ,
head and heart.
8. The Principle of Integration
• By integration we do not merely mean
integration of subjects.
• What is required is the integration of
the child’s need on one hand and the
need of democratic society on the
other.
• Hence the curriculum will safeguard the
general, liberal and vocational aspects
of education.
9. Forward Looking Principle
• The aim of education is to prepare the child for an
effective adult life.
• It enable the child to prepare for a worthy life.
• It should prepare him for a vocation.
• There fore, the curriculum should reflect an insight in
to the future life of the child
10. Conservative Principle
• The curriculum should
preserve and transmit the
traditions of human race.
• It should embrace such
subject ,topics by which
students should cultivate a
sense of respect to their
11. Renewal Principle
• While conserving and
transmitting the culture
heritage , education should
cater to renewal of the culture
to suit the requirements of
changing times.
12. Creative Principle
• God has created the universe
and men have created other
things in it.
• Education should be so
molded as to enable one
develop one’s creativity.
14. Conclusion
• The curriculum is the totality of experiences that the
child gains through the multifarious activities in the
school. The review of the present curriculum is
reveal that it is subject oriented , examination
ridden, not in conformity with the aims and objective
of the teaching science, rigid and outfits the
different age group. So, it is imperative that
the present curriculum should be reorganized in the
light of the principles mentioned above.
