Indigenous Socio-Cultural Impact on Preschool Curriculum Transaction in Cooch Behar of West Bengal

This study is field-based survey research for a significant understanding of the status and impact of Indigenous socio-cultural implementation and transactional effect by the preschool institution on preschoolers of Cooch Behar. This study mainly discusses practices of the Koch community’s cultural activities in preschool education. Government preschool practiced various cultural activities (folk song- Bhawaiya: Chatka, Dariya; Bisohari pala songs, folk dance Bairati dance, etc) in the form of scholastic and co-scholastic activities but it varied in respect of locality. Private preschools were not willing to practice indigenous Koch community culture and Rajbanshi language in their day-to-day formal curriculum transaction, they were occasionally practicing (it also differs in respect to the teaching experience of the teacher.) which directly impacts the curriculum transaction process because it was a significant effect on teacher pupils’ relationship, as well as negatively effect on pupils cognitive, socio-cultural, language development.