29, January 2026

Advancing 21st-Century Education With Innovative Learner-Centered Approaches

VOLUME-10; ISSUE-1; JAN-2026

Author(s): 1 Dr.Mamta Rani, 2 Aastha Chauhan

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1Associate Professor, Mahalakshmi College for Girls, Duhai, Ghaziabad, India

2M.Ed. Student, Mahalakshmi College for Girls, Delhi-Meerut Road, Duhai Ghaziabad, India

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202601014     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202601014


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ABSTRACT: Social changes quicken. Tech moves ahead. Global ties grow tight. These forces push hard on today's schools. Old teacher-led ways stress fact sharing, fixed lessons, and test scores. They no longer match student needs or shifting jobs. Learner-centered methods step in. Competency-based education, or CBE, joins them. Both reshape learning goals, steps, and results. This paper checks their core ideas, value, and real uses. They meet 21st-century school needs. Learner-centered learning draws from build-your-own knowledge views and people-first theories. Students take charge. They shape ideas via hands-on work, thought, and group talks. It spots student likes, past know-how, styles, and backgrounds. This sparks self-control, drive, sharp thinking, and fresh ideas. Passive rooms fade out. Teamwork rises. Questions lead. Real tasks count. Teachers shift to guides and coaches, not just info sources. It drops time limits and full coverage. Focus turns to proven skills. These blend facts, know-how, outlooks, and beliefs for real-life work. Students advance by mastery, not age or hours sat. Paths flex. Pace fits each one. Checks stay ongoing, shape-up style, and true-to-life. They link clear goals to jobs and society needs. Jobs call for readiness. All students must join in. Learning lasts lifelong. People adapt fast. Tech shifts and info jobs need fix-it skills, talk, team work, tech use, and self-start. Old teaching falls short. These methods stress real use and student power. They link school to work. They grow full people too. The work looks at teaching tricks, check methods, and school roles for good rollout. Gains stand large. Yet issues loom. Change meets pushback. Tests clash. Teachers need training. Funds run short. Fixes demand full overhauls, smart rules, skill building, and new views on class and learning.

KEYWORDS Learner, Teachers, Competency-based education, roles, goals, methods, Change, lifelong.

Dr.Mamta Rani, Aastha Chauhan (2026); Advancing 21st-Century Education With Innovative Learner-Centered Approaches, International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 10,   Issue –  1,  Pp. 85-89.       Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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