K Kasturirangan to head education ministry's panel to develop school curriculum
Hindustan TimesThe Union education ministry on Tuesday formed a 12-member committee to develop new curriculums for school, early childhood, teacher and adult education, officials said. K Kasturirangan to head education ministry's panel to develop school curriculum The panel tasked with developing four national curriculum frameworks will be headed by National Education Policy-2020 drafting committee chairperson K Kasturirangan. According to the terms of reference of the committee, it will develop four NCFs for school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education, keeping in focus all the recommendations of NEP-2020 related to these four areas for proposing curriculum reforms. "The committee will discuss different aspects of school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education, keeping in focus all the recommendations of the NEP-2020 related to these four areas for proposing curriculum reforms," an education ministry official said. The committee will discuss "position papers" finalised by national focus groups on different aspects of the four areas drawing inputs from state curriculum frameworks.