HRD invites suggestion @ Rationalizing Curriculum
for class I to XII
NCERT’s want
to reduce syllabus, make textbooks thinner and schoolbags lighter, with this reference
HRD ministry on Monday also invited suggestions from teachers, parents,
students and other stakeholders for “rationalising” of the school curriculum
from classes 1 to 12.
For Insights please below mentioned link
HRD Invite available at http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/curriculum_pr.pdf
The curriculum documents of CBSE and NCERT
are available at the following links
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/curriculum.html
http://www.ncert.nic.in/rightside/links/syllabus.html
Press Release
NCERT readies plan
to halve syllabus
There is an
urgent need to rationalise the school curriculum because the objective of
education is to prepare a good human being from the system. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR,
HRD minister
NEW DELHI
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has chalked
out a detailed action plan to trim the school curriculum by identifying
overlapping material across subjects, checking age-appropriateness of the
content, and assessing the comprehensibility of language, among others.
The human
resource development (HRD) ministry on Monday also invited suggestions from
teachers, parents, students and other stakeholders for “rationalising” of the
school curriculum from classes 1 to 12. Hindustan Times had reported on
February 19 the NCERT’s move to reduce syllabus, make textbooks thinner and
schoolbags lighter.
“There is an
urgent need to rationalise the school curriculum because the objective of
education is to prepare a good human being from the system,” HRD minister
Prakash Javadekar said, appealing to all stakeholders to send in their views
and suggestions by April 6.
Replying to
a written question in the Lok Sabha on the topic, the minister said the NCERT
was “advised” to undertake an exercise to review school syllabus “with a view to
reducing the curriculum load on the students”.
Giving
details of the action plan, he said the NCERT would conduct an analysis of
current syllabi and textbooks prescribed by it, focusing on learning outcomes
and curriculum linkages across classes and subjects.
The minister
assured all stakeholders that the personal details of those submitting
suggestions would remain confidential.
The minister
had recently directed the NCERT to revise the school curriculum by slashing the
existing syllabus by half so that students get time for “value education,
physical education, life skill education, and experiential learning”, apart
from academics.
Source | Hindustan Times | 6th March
2018
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