MHRD: NCERT to revise textbooks after 15 years

NCERT textbooks

According to HRD Ministry, the interim report on the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for school education, which is being revised after 15 years, will be submitted by December. The new curriculum is expected to be ready by March next year.

“NCERT will be expected to make changes in the textbooks in accordance with the new NCF. Subject experts will initiate this process for school education, and give an interim report by December 2020. The new NCF is expected to be ready by March 2021,” the HRD Ministry said.

The Ministry has directed the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) that while redesigning text books, it is to be ensured that nothing but the core content is placed in them.

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“NCERT will also start working on the layout and design of the new textbooks well in advance, however, the new textbooks shall be written based on the new NCF. “Under Atma Nirbhar Bharat, for PM E-Vidya, NCERT is also expected to prepare content for Class 1 – 12 for SWAYAM PRABHA channels (1 class 1 channel) and start the channels by August this year,” the Ministry said.

The NCF has been revised four times so far — in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005. The new proposed revision will be a fifth of the framework.

The revision of the curriculum framework will be in sync with the implementation of the examination reforms such as uniform assessment and evaluation system under the proposed National Assessment Centre as proposed by the New Education Policy draft.

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