New Delhi: No child in pre-school should be made to give any written or oral exam, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has said, terming it as a harmful and undesirable practice resulting from misguided parental aspiration.

According to the Council which is the HRD Ministry's curriculum developing body, the purpose of evaluation at the pre-school stage is not to label a child as "pass" or "fail". "On no account, should children be made to take any form of test or examination either oral or written. The purpose of evaluation at the pre-school stage is not to label a child as 'pass' or 'fail'," a senior NCERT official said.