Any textbook produced by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in accordance with the updated NCF will also be accessible online.
According to Education Ministry officials, new NCERT textbooks updated in accordance with the new National Education Policy (NEP) are likely to be implemented in schools starting with the 2024–25 academic year.
The National Curriculum Framework will be followed in developing the textbooks (NCF).
“It’s anticipated that the new textbooks will be available for the school year 2024–2025. Although it is a challenging goal, we are pursuing it. The textbooks will be updated in accordance with the new NCF, on which work is already in progress. It takes a lot of work to create textbooks, a senior MoE official told PTO.
Any textbook produced by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in accordance with the updated NCF will also be accessible online.
By designating former Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman K Kasturirangan as the chairman of a 12-member steering committee tasked with creating a new National Curriculum Framework in 2020, the Center has begun the process of updating school textbooks (NCF).
NCF for Early Childhood Care and Education (NCFECCE), NCF for School Education (NCFSE), NCF for Teacher Education (NCFTE), and NCF for Adult Education are the four NCFs currently being created (NCFAE).
The senior official went into detail about the procedure, stating that all 50 states and the Union Territories had first prepared their State Curriculum Frameworks (SCFs), which had been developed after district-level consultations, a mobile app survey, and the development of position papers by state focus groups in 25 areas or themes identified in the NEP, 2020, including ECCE, Teacher Education, and Adult Education.
“These preliminary SCFs will serve as inputs for the creation of NCFs. To submit inputs for the NCFs, States, UTs, and autonomous organisations working under MoE will all undertake this procedure. The NEP, 2020 recommendations will be taken into consideration throughout the entire process.
“Four NCFs are being created using information from these position papers and draught SCFs. Draft NCFs will be shared with the states and UTs for their feedback after being translated into the 22 languages listed in the eighth schedule of the Constitution. After taking into account their suggestions, the NCFs will be given their final form and presented to the Ministry of Education for approval. “The documents will be distributed to the states for revision of the draught SCFs as well as for implementation after approval,” he continued.
