Volume 8 : Issue 2 (2021)

A Study School Readiness among the Preschoolers of Gosavi Community

An Every individual has a right to enhance and enrich capabilities and potential to the optimum or the utmost. Education plays a key role to identify and refine Capabilities of an individual already exist in them. The bases of education initiate from the family and community at initial stage as an individual get socialised an individual. The preschool readiness is very important in the marginalised communities as the readiness helps and individual to sustain in the school and get along with other Preschoolers in the school. The family, community and school capabilities comprised school readiness. The school readiness essential for the marginalised and first generation learner as they do not have conducive environment for well round development. In the present paper researcher had made an attempt to study the School readiness in terms of preschool capabilities among the Preschoolers of Gosavi community and it was found that the Preschoolers between the age group of 3 and 6 of Gosavi community are not up to the mark in family, community and school capabilities. The capabilities with reference to family are not up to the mark as do not to give respect by not and obeying and not following elders instruction. Preschoolers have issues related to Motor skills as they are unable to do the work or task with both the hands, struggles while walking, and with reference to language skills Preschoolersbumble during interaction, unable to state full name, and for Mathematical skills Preschoolers could not identify the basic shape and colours, unable to count the numbers between 1 and 10. In case of Phonemic awareness skills, Preschoolers could not identify the animal and their sounds, and are unable to sing a nursery song. Thus the Preschoolers of Gosavi Community are not up to mark for family capabilities, school capabilities, and community capabilities and hence are lack behind in school readiness.

School readiness, Preschooler, Gosavi Community, Family Capabilities, School Capabilities, Community Capabilities

Best ,J.V.and J.V. Kahn. (2005).Research in Education, (Nineth Edition) : Prentice Hall of India private limited. Boethel ,M.(2004) .Readiness ;school ,Family ,And Community Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Creswell ,J.W.(2011) .Educational Research (fourth edition) Pearson education Prentice Hall. Denton ,K .and Elvira ,Germino, Hawken ,(2000)Kindergarteners. NCES :Project Officer. Jerry West Washington DC:2000 Govinda ,R. (2005).Early child care and education , India education Report. Joel,R.C. and Vernon ,lallen. (2000)Learning Development and Cognitive abilities Department of Psychology University of Wisconun Madison.Wisconsin . Kreider ,H.(2002) .Gelding Parents .Ready ‘For Kindergarten :The Role of Early Childhood Education .Harvard Family Research Project. Kothari ,C.R. (2008) .Research Methodology Method and Techniques ,New age International Pvt .ltd . Mangal ,S.K.(2010) Advanced Educational Psychology .New Delhi (second edition):phi learing Private ltd . Mc call ,R.M and Diahe ,H.C. (2000) .Moving with a purpose Developing programs .IL. Negp (2001).School Readiness ;Helping Communities Get Ready for school and school Ready 0’Donnell,K.(2008).parents ‘ Report of the School Readiness of Yang from the National house hold Education Survey program of 2007 National Centre for Educational Statistics.inrtetuke of Education science VS Department of Education Washington ,DC. Pianta,R.C.and Cox ,M.(2002) .Early Childhood Research and Policy bests :Tarnation To kindergarten .University of North Carolina at chapel Hill: National Center for Early .Development and Learning . Web Resources https://www.unicef.org/.../files/Child2Child_ConceptualFramework_FINAL(1).pdf https://education.ky.gov/curriculum/conpro/prim.../School-Readiness-Definition.aspx http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/school-readiness/introduction HORIZONS OF HOLISTIC EDUCATION, VOL-8, ISSUE-2 Peer-Reviewed Journal hhe.cugujarat.ac.in 131 https://www.crayola.com/for-educators/resources-landing/articles/school-readiness.aspx https://www.zerotothree.org/espanol/school-readiness https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/school-readiness-how-to-know-if-your-little-one-is-readyfor-big-school