For the academic year 2024-25, the National Council of Educational Research and Training, NCERT, will soon announce a new syllabus and textbooks for students studying in classes 3 to 6. Further, there will be no changes in the syllabus of students studying in other classes, according to the officials of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as reported by PTI.
NCERT has informed CBSE that the new syllabus for Classes third to sixth is currently under development and will be released soon.
“Consequently, schools are advised to follow these new syllabi and textbooks for classes 3 and 6 in place of textbooks published by NCERT till the year 2023,” said Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics), CBSE, as reported by PTI.
He further added, “A bridge course for class 6, and concise guidelines for class 3 are being developed by the NCERT for facilitating a seamless transition for students to new pedagogical practices and areas of study aligned with new curriculum framework, 2023. These resources will be disseminated to all the schools online once they are received from NCERT. The Board will also organise capacity-building programs for school heads and teachers to orient them with the new teaching-learning perspectives as envisioned in NEP-2020,” as reported by PTI.
COUNCIL PREPARING NEW TEXTBOOKS
In a revision of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) after 18 years, the Ministry of Education had last year notified the changes. The NCF has undergone four revisions in the past – in 1975, 1988, 2000, and 2005.
The council is in the process of preparing new textbooks which are in line with the new national curriculum framework for school education (NCF-SE) 2023 as a part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
“There will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other classes for the academic year 2024-25 commencing from April 1, 2024,” he said.
THE FOUNDATIONAL STATE
The National Curriculum Framework for the foundational stage (FS) was launched by the Ministry of Education in 2022. As per the curriculum framework, NCERT developed and collected the learning-teaching material (LTM).
“Jaadui Pitara” was launched by the Ministry of Education for learning at the foundational stage. It contained toys, puzzles, puppetry, posters, flashcards, worksheets, and attractive storybooks.
RATIONALISING SYLLABUS OF CLASSES 6 TO 12
NCERT, in 2022, rationalised the syllabus of classes 6 to 12 to “reduce the content load” on students in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The council removed chapters on Mughal courts, the 2002 Gujarat riots, references to Mughal emperors, the Cold War, the Emergency, and the periodic table.
However, this rationalisation exercise created a political controversy, with leaders from opposition parties alleging the ruling dispensation was “erasing history”.
(With inputs from PTI)
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