Vidence Based Thinking And Logical Reasoning The Development Of Creative Potential Everyone Need To Nurture Necessary Stem Abilities At Primary Grades News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): StoryWeaver (www.storyweaver.org.in), an initiative of Pratham Books, a not-for-profit publisher, has launched the STEM Literacy Programme to enable children to discover STEM concepts through the magic of stories. India's National Achievement Survey (NAS 2017) indicates that in Grade 3, only about 50% of students are above the basic levels of achievement in Maths, Science and Environmental Sciences (EVS), with the number getting progressively lower through Grades 5 and 8. The deep learning losses due to the pandemic have brought down the national average scores compared to 2017. India's National Education Policy 2020 emphasises the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills and capacities, including scientific temper, evidence-based thinking and logical reasoning and the development of the creative potential of everyone. The need to nurture necessary STEM abilities at the primary grades, without ex