National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) It has been decided to reduce the syllabus and textbooks for the academic session 2022-23 for all classes. On December 15, NCERT director-in-charge Sridhar Srivastava ordered the heads of departments to review the inclusion of internal and external experts to discuss topics that may be left out of the syllabus this time.
The council took the decision due to the disruption in the learning process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the cases have increased in the last few days, many schools have been closed and teachers and students have resorted to online classes. The decision to “lighten” school textbooks for the session 2022-23 has been taken in view of the struggle of students in the learning process. Heads of departments were asked to submit reports by December 28.
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Many boards are reducing the syllabus due to the disruption caused due to the pandemic. CBSE reduced the syllabus by 30 per cent for both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic sessions, however, this is only for classes 9 to 12. Telangana Board cut the syllabus by 30 percent for Class 12, classes for Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh. 10 and 12, and UPMSP for class 9 to 12.
According to reports, the Director of NCERT has been advised by experts to send the textbooks with proposed changes for publication for the academic session 2022-23. The new textbooks based on the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) are likely to be introduced by the NCERT from the academic session 2023-24.
The council is revising the syllabus as part of the NCF which is in line with the National Policy on Education (NEP) 2020. The framework includes guidelines for subjects and materials to be taught in schools and NCERT is already working on it.
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before this, Parliament panel had suggested to NCERT Inclusion of lesser known freedom fighters in school textbooks. It also asked the council to reconsider the guidelines for writing history textbooks and to give equal importance to all periods and events of the past. It called for the inclusion of the history of the Vedas along with Sikh and Maratha history. The panel had said that “un-historical facts and distortions” about India’s national heroes should be removed from textbooks.
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