NCERT to review national curriculum framework
The National Council of
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is planning to review the 14-year-old
National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in accordance with a new national education
policy (NEP) and set up a committee for the purpose.
According to NCERT Director
Hrushikesh Senapaty, the council is going to announce a committee by the end of
this month which will revisit the NCF to bring it on lines of the new education
policy.
The NCF has been revised four
times so far — in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005. The new proposed revision will be
the fifth of the framework. "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. The
committee, however, will keep NEP as the base of revision. Ultimately the
textbooks will be revised as per the new framework," Senapaty told mews
agencies.
"It has been over 14 years
since the last framework was revised. 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. The council is also undertaking a
survey in six blocks to analyse the quality of primary education available and
the areas that need change.
"The blocks that have been
identified for the preliminary survey are in Shillong, Mysore, Rajasthan,
Bhopaland Orissa. A team of NCERT officials is visiting each of the block and
conducting the survey. Once the finding are received, the survey will be
conducted in more areas and the findings will also be reviewed for the new
curriculum framework," Senapaty said.
The revision of NCERT textbooks
has also been recommended in the new education policy draft. It has been
advised that the textbooks should be revised to contain only the essential core
material in each subject, keeping in mind a constructivist, discovery-based,
analysis-based, engaging, and enjoyable style of learning.
A panel led by former Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan had submitted the
draft of the new national education policy to Union Human Resource Development
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' when he took charge. The draft was then put
in public domain to seek feedback
from various stakeholders and over two lakh suggestions were received by the
HRD Ministry about the same.
The existing NEP was framed in
1986 and revised in 1992. A new education policy was part of the Bharatiya
Janata Party's manifesto ahead of the 2014 general election. The drafting
experts also took into account the report of a panel headed by former cabinet
secretary T S R Subramanian and formed by the HRD Ministry when it was being
headed by Union minister Smriti Irani.
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