Physical Education Cards (PEC)
PEC Cards
The Physical Education Manual and Physical Education Cards
are now available with the Stores, CBSE, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi.
The CBSE has produced a Physical Education Teacher Training Manual and a set of
Physical Education Cards for schools affiliated to CBSE. These Physical
Education Cards are meant for teachers teaching at the primary level and are an
effective tool for strengthening the transaction of Physical Education in
schools.
Objectives of the Physical Education Cards (PEC)
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to offer support by introducing new teaching approaches
and activities for primary age group Jor-physical education lessons as well
for the curriculum teaching.
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to provide a new range of educational resources for
Physical Education
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to offer training to all of the primary staff who deliver
primary educational lessons.
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to assist schools to deliver elements of the Physical
Education curricula.
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to act as a research base that will demonstrate the wider
benefits that Physical Education card have on the whole child education
outcomes.
It is mandatory for all the schools to
incorporate the Physical Education Cards (PEC).
They can be used for providing inclusive and interesting
experiences to the children at the primary school stage and facilitating the
process of engaging with them intensively in games and activities focused
particularly on agility, balance, coordination, speed and strength. Each
Physical Education Card is devoted to a particular set up activities which aims
at agility, balance and coordination for classes I-III and agility, balance,
coordination speed and strength for classes IV and V.
Each Card is aimed at providing the essential information
needed for engaging all students of the concerned class in the selected game /
activity. The title of the Card specifies the abilities to be focused by the
particular activities, the activities to be organized, the process of organizing
the activities, equipment that will be needed, safety measures to be taken and
the skills to be developed. Besides the link of the activities with the existing
curriculum the links with other school subjects or cross curricular links and
the process of self assessment are also detailed.
The CBSE has also brought out a Teachers’ Manual for
implementation of the Physical Education Cards which will help teachers in
organizing physical activities and lessons built around it.
The Physical Education Teachers’ Manual is priced at Rs.
150/- and PEC of Physical Education Cards is priced at Rs. 250/-. These are
available at the Publication Store, CBSE, Shiksha Sadan, 17, Rouse
Avenue, New Delhi-110002 as well as the Regional Offices.
The Physical Education Cards (PEC) need to be implemented at
primary level by not only the Physical Education teachers but also teachers of
other subjects. Hence it is recommended that each teacher teaching a class
should have a set of Physical Education Cards. Teacher training for implementing
these cards will be done by the CBSE through the Asstt. Education Officer
(Sports). Those interested in teacher training may get in touch with Mr. Pushkar
Vohra, AEO(Sports), CBSE, 2 Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 092 at
telephone no. 011-22050061 and e-mail at sportskpfit@sify.com or
Mafazah
Sharafuddin a young talent and a class III student from India International
School Kuwait hailing from Mangalore, Karnataka has secured Country Topper
award in IAS (International Assessment for Schools). With this
distinguished achievement at this tender age, Mafazah has added a one more
glittering feather to the glorious cap of achievements of her school. Mafazah
grabs the prestigious gold medal and the meritorious title, Country Topper
awarded by Educational Assessment Australia of the University of South Wales,
Australia and Macmillan India Ltd for securing highest grade in English of IAS
Examination across schools of Kuwait in 2009. 
