Correct Answer - Option 4 : Backward
The term "curriculum" is derived from the latin word "currere", which means "run". Thus curriculum means a course to be run for reaching a certain goal or "destination" here education is imagined as a race, with its aim as the goal and curriculum as the course leading to that goal.
- Curriculum is a formal plan of educational experiences and activities offered to a learner under the guidance of an educational institution. It is more structured in schools and more flexible in higher education.
- Flexibility can be defined as “the capacity to change and to adapt to a challenging environment
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Curriculum flexibility is conceptualized in terms of adaptability and accessibility of the curriculum to students' needs and capabilities.
- Concept of flexibility in curriculum is introduced to benefit backward or disabled children so that they can learn according to their needs.
Thus, it is concluded that Concept of flexibility in curriculum is introduced to benefit backward as they are marginalized students in the society.