NCERT to revise 14-yr-old curriculum framework, set up committee by month-end
5 years, 5 months ago

NCERT to revise 14-yr-old curriculum framework, set up committee by month-end

India Today  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training is planning to review the 14-year-old National Curriculum Framework in accordance with new national education policy and set up a committee for the purpose. "We are just waiting for the new education policy to be finalised and a committee for reviewing the NCF will be announced by month-end. We did review the textbooks in last two years but once the new education policy is in place, the curriculum framework will need thorough revision," he said. Once the findings are received, the survey will be conducted in more areas and the findings will also be reviewed for the new curriculum framework," Senapaty said.

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NCTE may revert to 1-year BEd, MEd in 2026
1 month, 1 week ago

NCTE may revert to 1-year BEd, MEd in 2026

Hindustan Times  

The National Council for Teacher Education has proposed to revert the bachelor of education and master of education programmes to one-year format from the 2026-27 academic session, a decade after it extended the duration of both courses to two years. Upon approval of the draft policy, which was issued on the NCTE website late on Thursday night, the standalone Teacher …

NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025, new books for classes 9-12 by 2026: Dharmendra Pradhan
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025, new books for classes 9-12 by 2026: Dharmendra Pradhan

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: NCERT textbooks for some classes will cost less from next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday.The National Council of Educational Research and Training, which currently prints five crore textbooks a year, is working to augment capacity to 15 crore from next year, he said. The minister also informed that the new textbooks, according to the …

NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks for some classes will cost less from next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday. Dharmendra Pradhan also mentioned that new textbooks based on the updated curriculum for classes 9-12 will be introduced in the 2026-27 academic session. "In the next academic year, NCERT will publish 15 crore quality …

NCERT Body Writes to Education Ministry To Urge States To Implement NEP Reforms
6 months, 3 weeks ago

NCERT Body Writes to Education Ministry To Urge States To Implement NEP Reforms

News 18  

The National Council for Educational Research and Training’s standard-setting body is learnt to have written to the Union Ministry of Education seeking it to urge state governments to give a formal go-ahead to the respective state boards to implement the recommendations of the ‘Equivalence’ report released by it last month that showed gaps in the performance of students from these …

NCERT faces criticism for omitting Preamble to Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks
7 months, 4 weeks ago

NCERT faces criticism for omitting Preamble to Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The National Council for Educational Research and Training has come under fire for dropping the Preamble to the Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks. She emphasised on Monday that the new textbooks give significant importance to various aspects of the Indian Constitution, including the preamble, fundamental duties, fundamental rights, and the national anthem. New textbooks for Class …

No change in the existing curriculum, except for classes 3 and 6: CBSE
8 months, 3 weeks ago

No change in the existing curriculum, except for classes 3 and 6: CBSE

Hindustan Times  

The Central Board of Secondary Education has reiterated that there will be no change in the existing curriculum or textbook for all classes except for 3 and 6 for the coming year, as per a new notice released by the board on Wednesday. As per a new notice released by the CBSE, all the CBSE-affiliated schools were once again instructed …

New NCERT textbooks delayed, Class 6 students to go to school without books
8 months, 4 weeks ago

New NCERT textbooks delayed, Class 6 students to go to school without books

The Hindu  

Students of Class 6 will be without textbooks for Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences as schools open for the academic year 2024-25 this month. NCERT had said that in 2024-25, students of Classes 3 and 6 will get new books. The deadline was later revised, and it was decided that only students of Classes 3 and 6 will get new …

Education Ministry asks NCERT to review textbooks every year
11 months ago

Education Ministry asks NCERT to review textbooks every year

Hindustan Times  

The Union education ministry has asked the National Council of Educational Research and Training to put in place an annual system to review textbooks and make the necessary changes before printing new textbooks ahead of the beginning of every academic session, officials familiar with the development said. The NCERT publishes new textbooks every year before the beginning of the academic …

Ministry of Education (MoE) asks NCERT to update, and review all textbooks yearly, says sources
11 months ago

Ministry of Education (MoE) asks NCERT to update, and review all textbooks yearly, says sources

India TV News  

The Ministry of Education has asked NCERT to review and update textbooks yearly as per the sources from PTI. The NCERT has been asked to conduct a review on a yearly basis and update them ahead of the beginning of the new academic session,' a source said, reported PTI. National Council for Educational Research and Training is in the process …

Plan logistics for biannual boards, Centre tells CBSE
11 months, 1 week ago

Plan logistics for biannual boards, Centre tells CBSE

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of education has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education to prepare a roadmap for conducting board exams twice a year, and will consult with stakeholders next month, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday. The new national curriculum framework released last year proposed the students be given the option to write their board exams twice …

NCERT prepares bridge course guidelines to address learning gaps
11 months, 3 weeks ago

NCERT prepares bridge course guidelines to address learning gaps

Hindustan Times  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has prepared bridge course guidelines to address learning gaps and build a foundation for easy transition asking schools to implement the same. According to the guidelines prepared by the Council, while a two-week foundation programme will be introduced for class third, for class 6 a month-long bridge programme has been proposed to …

Class 3 and 6 NCERT textbooks with new syllabus to be available in April, May
1 year ago

Class 3 and 6 NCERT textbooks with new syllabus to be available in April, May

India Today  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has announced the release of textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 under the new syllabus. NCERT's decision to launch the textbooks aligns with the recent directive from the Central Board of Secondary Education, mandating the adoption of new syllabi and textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 from the upcoming academic session. ALIGNING …

New Curriculum, Books for Grades 3 and 6 from 2024-25, No Change for Other Classes: CBSE
1 year ago

New Curriculum, Books for Grades 3 and 6 from 2024-25, No Change for Other Classes: CBSE

News 18  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training will release a new syllabus and textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 while there will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other grades for the academic year 2024-25 commencing from April 1, according to CBSE officials. “Consequently, schools are advised to follow these new syllabi and textbooks for classes …

CBSE to release new curriculum, books for grades 3 and 6
1 year ago

CBSE to release new curriculum, books for grades 3 and 6

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training will release a new syllabus and textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 while there will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other grades for the academic year 2024-25 commencing from April 1, according to CBSE officials. "Consequently, schools are advised to follow these new syllabi and textbooks for classes …

NCERT to release new textbooks only for classes 3 to 6: CBSE to schools
1 year ago

NCERT to release new textbooks only for classes 3 to 6: CBSE to schools

Hindustan Times  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training will release new syllabus and textbooks only for classes 3rd to 6th, and there will be no change in the Curriculum and textbooks for other classes for the academic year 2024-25 commencing from April 1, according to an official communication by the Central Board of Secondary Education to its affiliated schools. NCERT …

NCERT set to release new syllabus for Classes 3 and 6
1 year ago

NCERT set to release new syllabus for Classes 3 and 6

India Today  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training is gearing up to unveil a revamped curriculum for students in Classes 3 and 6, slated to be implemented from the academic session 2024-25. REVISED NCERT TEXTBOOKS FOR CLASSES 3 AND 6 Last month, the education ministry informed the media that while the NCERT textbook revision process was ongoing, revised textbooks for …

New NCERT textbooks may be released only for Classes 3 and 6 in 2024-25
1 year, 1 month ago

New NCERT textbooks may be released only for Classes 3 and 6 in 2024-25

India Today  

As the academic year 2024-25 approaches, indications suggest that the National Council of Educational Research and Training is gearing up to introduce new textbooks, albeit selectively, with Classes 3 and 6 expected to receive the updates. According to sources within the Ministry of Education who spoke to the media, the NCERT is prioritising the release of new textbooks for Class …

Only Classes 3, 6 are likely to receive new NCERT textbooks in 2024-25
1 year, 1 month ago

Only Classes 3, 6 are likely to receive new NCERT textbooks in 2024-25

The Hindu  

The new National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks for the school academic year 2024-25 will most likely only be introduced for Class 3 and 6, as per sources in the Ministry of Education. The MoE had, on November 10, 2023, said that textbooks for all grades, from Classes 1 to 12 would be introduced in the upcoming academic …

NCERT panel recommends inclusion of Ramayana, Mahabharata in school textbooks
1 year, 4 months ago

NCERT panel recommends inclusion of Ramayana, Mahabharata in school textbooks

Hindustan Times  

A high-level committee constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training to revise the school curriculum for social sciences, has recommended to include epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata in textbooks, and to write the Preamble of the Constitution on classroom walls, said committee’s chairperson CI Issac on Tuesday. The committee’s recommendation may now be taken into consideration by …

Bharat to replace India: List of changes recommended by NCERT panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Bharat to replace India: List of changes recommended by NCERT panel

Live Mint  

A panel headed by C I Isaac has suggested a slew of to revise the school curriculum which was constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.NCERT officials, however, said no decision has been taken yet on the panel's recommendations. Here are the major changes that the panel has recommended: NCERT panel recommends the introduction of Indian Knowledge …

Board Exams To Be Conducted Twice A Year: MOE’s New Curriculum Framework
1 year, 7 months ago

Board Exams To Be Conducted Twice A Year: MOE’s New Curriculum Framework

ABP News  

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan released the National Curriculum Framework for School Education in Delhi today, August 23, 2023. The new curriculum framework includes the following features: Board examinations will be conducted twice a year, providing students with two opportunities each year and the option to retain their highest score. On the Joint Workshop of National Curriculum Framework Oversight …

Why is Kerala Changing NCERT Curriculum and Reason Behind Some States Opposing NEP
1 year, 7 months ago

Why is Kerala Changing NCERT Curriculum and Reason Behind Some States Opposing NEP

News 18  

The Kerala education department is set to roll out supplementary textbooks for classes XI and XII in September, which will have the portions recently deleted by the National Council for Educational Research and Training as part of its “syllabus rationalisation” process. Kerala, like several other southern and Opposition-ruled states, has been at the odds with the Centre over the recent …

Sudha Murty, Shankar Mahadevan on govt’s new panel to develop NCERT syllabus
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudha Murty, Shankar Mahadevan on govt’s new panel to develop NCERT syllabus

Live Mint  

A new committee formed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training is set to shape the curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12. This 19-member committee, named the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee, will be led by MC Pant, the Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. Notable figures including Sudha Murty, …

Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan in NCERT’s new NCF panel to develop syllabus, textbooks
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan in NCERT’s new NCF panel to develop syllabus, textbooks

India TV News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has set up a new committee to finalize curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12. The 19-member high-powered committee, named the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee, will be led by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration Chancellor Mahesh Chandra Pant. The committee will also include Philanthropist and Chairperson …

NCERT textbook row | 73 academics defend efforts to ‘update’ syllabus
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT textbook row | 73 academics defend efforts to ‘update’ syllabus

The Hindu  

After 35 scholars, including chief advisers for textbook development committee Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar, asked for their names to be removed from the “rationalised” National Council for Educational Research and Training textbooks, another 73 academicians have called their move “a false propaganda against the NCERT” and the exercise of school curriculum rationalisation. Academicians from Jawaharlal Nehru University, University Grants …

NCERT Textbook Row | Rationalisation of contents fully justified, says UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT Textbook Row | Rationalisation of contents fully justified, says UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar

The Hindu  

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar on June 16 slammed academicians objecting to the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks, saying there is no merit in their “hue and cry”, and asserted that carrying out revisions in content is justified. A couple of days ago also, a number of academicians and political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar had asked the NCERT to drop …

No written exams till class 2: Draft NCF
1 year, 11 months ago

No written exams till class 2: Draft NCF

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Explicit tests and exams are completely inappropriate assessment tools for children up to class 2 and written tests should be introduced from class 3 onwards, the draft National Curriculum Framework has recommended stressing that assessment methods should be such that they do not contribute to any additional burden for the child. The framework which is being developed on …

Govt Releases Pre-draft of New National Curriculum Framework for School Education, Seeks Feedback
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt Releases Pre-draft of New National Curriculum Framework for School Education, Seeks Feedback

News 18  

The Education Ministry released a “pre-draft” of the National Curriculum Framework for school education on Thursday and invited suggestions from stakeholders such as students, parents, teachers, and scholars. It said feedback from students, parents, teachers, teacher educators, experts, scholars, and professionals is necessary given the diverse needs of students, multiple pedagogic approaches, and learning-teaching material at the different stages of …

NCF brings pre-draft recommendations to overhaul the current Indian education system
1 year, 11 months ago

NCF brings pre-draft recommendations to overhaul the current Indian education system

India Today  

In what can be called a complete overhaul of the Indian education system, the union education ministry has made public the draft recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework, its fifth revised version since 2005. Students must clear eight board examinations at the end of Class 10 -- these assess each of the two essential courses in each curricular area learned …

Explainer: What is the new integrated curriculum framework for young children?
2 years, 5 months ago

Explainer: What is the new integrated curriculum framework for young children?

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : The Centre, on Thursday, launched the country’s first-ever integrated curriculum framework for children between the ages of 3 and 8, emphasising creative ways of teaching, limited use of textbooks, use of mother-tongue in classrooms, and assessment through observation and analysing creativity. The “National Curriculum Framework for the foundation stage” will be the basis for all pedagogy adopted …

No textbooks till age 6 in new syllabus plan
2 years, 5 months ago

No textbooks till age 6 in new syllabus plan

Hindustan Times  

No textbooks for children between ages three and six, learning based on toys, play and lived experience, use of mother tongue, stories of Indian heroes and traditional concepts of teaching, books incorporating diversity, gender, moral and ethical awareness, and assessment through observation and analysing creativity – these are some of the key features of a new foundational curriculum framework launched …

NCERT textbooks rationalised to compensate for Covid-19 time loss: Education ministry
2 years, 8 months ago

NCERT textbooks rationalised to compensate for Covid-19 time loss: Education ministry

India Today  

According to Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi, the NCERT made a move toward rationalising school textbooks to support quick student learning continuum rehabilitation and make up for time lost due to the extended school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. REASONS BEHIND NECRT TEXTBOOK RATIONALISATION "During the Covid-19 pandemic situation, students across the stages of school education have …

Delay in National Curriculum Framework, as Several States Reluctant to Give nod
3 years ago

Delay in National Curriculum Framework, as Several States Reluctant to Give nod

News 18  

The National Curriculum Framework — an integral part of the NEP 2020 is likely to be implemented with a delay. However, according to the latest state-wise progress report, the eight states –Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Puducherry, Manipur, Nagaland, and Goa, have not yet started the mobile surveys as well as the district level consultations for the NCF. During …

Schools Students to Study Lesser Books, NCERT asks Experts to Review Syllabi
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools Students to Study Lesser Books, NCERT asks Experts to Review Syllabi

News 18  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to reduce the syllabus and textbooks for the academic sessions 2022-23 for all classes. On December 15, NCERT Director-in-Charge Sridhar Srivastava ordered the heads of departments to conduct a review involving internal and external experts to discuss the topics that can be excluded from the syllabus this time. The new …

NCERT to review syllabus and textbooks with aim to reduce burden on students
3 years, 3 months ago

NCERT to review syllabus and textbooks with aim to reduce burden on students

India Today  

On December 15, Sridhar Srivastava, the National Council of Educational Research and Training director in charge wrote a letter to the heads of departments of the council. In his letter, Srivastava mentioned that keeping in view the disruptions hit by Covid19, NCERT plans to make a ‘’speedy recovery’’ in students’ learning from the next academic year. He added that NCERT …

K Kasturirangan, NEP drafting committee chair and ex-ISRO chief, to develop new curriculum for schools
3 years, 6 months ago

K Kasturirangan, NEP drafting committee chair and ex-ISRO chief, to develop new curriculum for schools

Firstpost  

The committee will develop four NCFs for school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education New Delhi: The Union education ministry on Tuesday formed a 12-member committee to develop new curriculums for school, early childhood, teacher and adult education, officials said. The panel tasked with developing four national curriculum frameworks will be headed by National Education …

Education Ministry Forms Panel to Develop New Curriculum for Schools
3 years, 6 months ago

Education Ministry Forms Panel to Develop New Curriculum for Schools

News 18  

The Ministry of Education will be developing new curriculums for schools, Early Childhood Care and Education, teacher, and adult education. This will be the fifth National Curriculum Framework and will come after a gap of 16 years, ministry officials said. “As per the perspectives of the NEP 2020, the Committee will develop four National Curriculum Frameworks- i.e., the National Curriculum …

K Kasturirangan to head education ministry's panel to develop school curriculum
3 years, 6 months ago

K Kasturirangan to head education ministry's panel to develop school curriculum

Hindustan Times  

The 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 …

National Education Policy 2020 | New curriculum, assessment system to roll out from academic year 2021-22
4 years, 6 months ago

National Education Policy 2020 | New curriculum, assessment system to roll out from academic year 2021-22

The Hindu  

Students who are currently in Class 7 will be the first to write their school-leaving board examinations using a fully transformed examination pattern in 2025-26, according to the Centre’s proposed implementation timelines for the National Education Policy. Those who are now in Class 8 will be the first batch to experience the new curricular framework and assessment system, starting next …

NCERT curriculum in all schools from next session, approves Tripura Cabinet
6 years, 3 months ago

NCERT curriculum in all schools from next session, approves Tripura Cabinet

India Today  

The Tripura Cabinet has given its nod to a proposal to introduce the NCERT curriculum in all state government and aided schools from the next academic session, beginning April 2019. The Department of Education has initiated the process to introduce the NCERT curriculum to replace the existing one prescribed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, Education Minister …

Drawing up a curriculum
23 years, 5 months ago

Drawing up a curriculum

The Hindu  

The NCERT's discussion document on a National Curriculum Framework has sought to garner all shades of opinion. The National Council for Educational Research and Training has certainly succeeded in achieving this near miracle through its Discussion Document on National Curriculum Framework for School Education. It is generally accepted, professionally and also as a matter of policy stipulation, that the curriculum …

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