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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 59

Topic: Pedagogy of mathematics

Q59

One of the main guiding principles of the National Education Policy, 2020 is “The highest priority is to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy at _____ by all the students”.

  1. (1) grade 1
  2. (2) grade 3Correct answer
  3. (3) grade 2
  4. (4) grade 5

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) grade 3

  1. NEP 2020 makes foundational literacy and numeracy the top priority of the school system.
  2. Its stated goal is that every child should achieve these basic skills by grade 3.
  3. The NIPUN Bharat mission was launched to reach this grade 3 target.

Trap: grade 5 is the end of the preparatory stage, not the FLN target.