NCERT Textbooks to Be Revised in Light of New Educational Policy!
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Officials from the Education Ministry claim that new NCERT textbooks revised in accordance with the new National Education Policy (NEP) will likely be deployed in classrooms beginning with the 2024–25 academic session.
The National Curriculum Framework shall be followed in the creation of the textbooks (NCF).
In order to propose a quicker roll-out of textbooks based on NEP 2020, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan convened a high-level meeting on dated 27th March 2023. The textbooks will be created in the 22 languages included in the Constitution’s eighth schedule. This will be consistent with the NEP objective of delivering bilingual education.
According to officials, creating textbooks that follow the NEP 2020 guidelines is a “big undertaking but we are aiming towards that” and “work is on.” Any textbook produced by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in accordance with the updated NCF will also be accessible online.
According to officials, Covid-19 has shown that there is a market for digital learning. An institutional structure would be created, the official added, noting that textbooks shouldn’t be “static” and that they should be updated frequently. State curriculum frameworks (SCFs) have been developed by all states and union territories, according to officials, after district-level discussions, mobile app surveys, and the preparation of position papers by state focus groups in 25 areas or topics outlined in the NEP 2020.
According to NEP 2020, a new system of schooling is outlined by the curriculum’s pedagogical structure, which is “5+3+3+4”. Children will spend five years in the foundational stage in this system, then three years in each of the preparatory and middle phases, and ultimately four years in the secondary level.
The Centre appointed K Kasturirangan, a former ISRO chairman, to lead a 12-person steering committee in 2020 in order to create a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) and update educational materials. The four NCFs that were being prepared were NCF for Early Childhood Care and Education (NCFECCE), NCF for School Education (NCFSE), NCF for Teacher Education (NCFTE), and NCF for Adult Education (NCFAE).
Before being distributed and put into practice, the Ministry of Education will give the final clearance after reviewing the 22 language translations of the proposed NCFs and sharing them with the states and UTs for their feedback.
The Ministry of Education has introduced “Jaadui Pitara” for learning at the foundational stage, which comprises toys, puzzles, puppets, posters, flashcards, worksheets, and appealing storybooks.
