The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will release a new syllabus and textbooks for classes 3 to 6, while from April 1, there will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other grades for the academic year 2024 -25. to CBSE officials.
The NCERT has informed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) that new syllabi and textbooks for classes 3 and 6 are currently under development and will be released soon, the CBSE said in a communication sent to affiliated schools.
“Consequently, schools are advised to follow these new syllabi and textbooks for classes 3 and 6 in place of the textbooks published by NCERT till the year 2023,” said Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics), CBSE.
“In addition, a bridge course for class 6 and brief guidelines for class 3 are being developed by the NCERT to facilitate a seamless transition for students into new pedagogical practices and areas of study aligned with the New Curriculum Framework, 2023. These resources will be distributed to all schools online once received from NCERT.
“The board will also organize capacity building programs for school principals and teachers to orient them towards the new prospects for education as envisaged in NEP-2020,” he added in the letter.
During a review of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) after 18 years, the Ministry of Education had notified the changes last year. The NCF has undergone four revisions in the past: in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005.
The council is preparing new textbooks in line with the new National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023 as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The NCF for the Foundation Stage (FS) was launched by the Ministry of Education in 2022 and as per the curriculum framework, the NCERT developed and compiled the Learning-Teaching Material (LTM).
Toys, puzzles, puppetry, posters, flashcards, worksheets and attractive storybooks are part of the “Jaadui Pitara” launched by the Ministry of Education for learning at the foundation stage.
In 2022, the NCERT had rationalized the syllabi of classes 6 to 12 to “reduce the content load” on students in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the changes, reflected in new textbooks published last year, the council had removed chapters on Mughal courts, 2002 Gujarat riots, the Cold War, references to Mughal emperors, and the Emergency and the periodic table .
While the council maintained that there was no selective omission of issues, the rationalization exercise had sparked a political controversy with leaders of opposition parties claiming that the ruling dispensation was “erasing history”.
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First print: March 23, 2024 | 6:34 PM IST