Kerala anganwadis to get new curriculum after more than a decade
The Kerala government is updating the anganwadi curriculum for the first time since 2014-15 to modernize early childhood education. The new curriculum will be implemented in the 2027-28 academic year, incorporating digital learning tools and thematic approaches.
Why it matters
Updating early childhood education frameworks is essential for aligning preschool development with modern technological and pedagogical standards.
A new curriculum will be introduced in anganwadis in the State the next academic year.
The curriculum revision has been initiated, and the updated curriculum will be ready for roll out by January or February so that it can be implemented in the 33,115 anganwadis in the State in the 2027-28 academic year.
The anganwadi curriculum was last revised in Kerala in 2014-15 on the basis of the National Early Childhood Care and Education Policy, 2013. The present curriculum adopts a thematic approach to early childhood education for anganwadi children in the age group of three to six years. Thirty themes, beginning with the immediate family unit and gradually moving on to the world around, cover the development domains of children and ready them to navigate every day life and prepare them to enter school education.
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