New Delhi: School students in India can study the new syllabus from the academic session 2023-24. National Curriculum Framework (NCF) – A document that is referred to when designing school textbooks in India – likely to be ready by early next year, ThePrint has learned.
The NCF is being developed as part of the government’s new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Education ministry sources have told ThePrint that The focus of the revised curriculum is “Inertia in India” and will create a “sense of pride”. among students.
“The NCF document will be ready by early next year – most likely by February – after which school curriculum across the country will be revised accordingly,” a highly placed government source told ThePrint.
The government plans to release the document “well in time so that the books can be printed as per the new syllabus” before the start of the 2023-24 academic session, the source said.
ThePrint reached out to an official spokesperson for the Ministry of Education via email for a comment. This story will be updated upon receipt of a response.
NCF is being developed as part of The government’s new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 – a scheme that proposes comprehensive reform in the education sector of the country.
The process is led by an expert committee headed by former Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chief K. Kasturirangan, who was also at the helm of shaping the NEP. The exercise is being carried out under the supervision of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which works on a school-level curriculum.
Consulting currently has 25 national . running with focus groups To help design the new NCF.
Presently NCF Use in India is from 2005.
big changes
Although there have been minor revisions in the school curriculum over the years – among these, a Shortage of course during the pandemic – This amendment will be a major one, officials aware of the development told ThePrint.
According to a mandate document prepared by the NCERT, everything in the new curriculum will be designed keeping in mind the “Indian roots” with the aim of “creating pride for the country” among the students.
The document states that its aim is to teach them gender equality and make them compassionate human beings.
At least the meeting of the government panel working on the NCF has been held 20 religious groups among other stakeholders.
The religious groups the panel met include Ramakrishna Mission, Chinmaya Mission, Aurobindo Ashram, Saraswati Vidya Mandir, two Christian missionary organizations based in Chennai and Aleem Madrasa, which runs registered madrasas across the country.
(Edited by Uttara Ramaswamy)
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