alleryWhich criteria decide primary content?
ADifficulty and rigour
BRelevance, meaning and interest
CTradition and prestige
DAbstraction and formality
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Relevance, meaning and interest
1. The criteria for identifying primary content are relevance, meaningfulness and interest to the child.
2. Content should deal with the real and concrete world of children.
3. Rigour, formality and abstraction are rejected for this stage.
_Source: NCERT Position Paper, National Focus Group on Teaching of Science, 5.2.1 Primary Stage (Classes I to V)_
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