NCERT: A 35-member committee has been announced by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to create teaching-learning materials and curricula in the subjects of political science, sociology, psychology, geography, history, and geography for grades 6 through 12.

In continuation of another 19-member National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) that was notified in July to finalize the curriculum, textbooks, and learning material for these classes, NCERT said in a notification that the Curricular Area Group (CAG): Social Science (including History, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, and Psychology) has been formed. The CAG is chaired by Michel Danino, a visiting professor at IIT-Gandhinagar.

It was anticipated that NSTC will also comprise a minimum of 11 CAGs across various subject areas. Thus far, it has established CAGs for the social sciences, IKS, and new pedagogy and learning materials.

The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for school education has already been produced by NCERT, and the NSTC is currently finalizing the textbook content based on this framework. To align the school curriculum with the 2020 National Education Policy (NEP), NCERT is currently updating it.

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35-panel members names

The other members of the committee included Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, Banabina Brahma, Associate Professor, Department of History, Kokrajhar Government College, Assam, MD Srinivas, Chairman of Centre for Policy Studies in Chennai, Mazhar Asif, Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, JNU, Heeraman Tiwari, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, Javaid Iqbal Bhat, Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of English, University of Kashmir, and Commodore Dr.Odakkal Johnson (Retd.), Former Director, Maritime History Society, among others.

Official Notice of NCERT

“This Group will also coordinate with the Preparatory Stage CAG, as well as with other CAGs as required, to ensure continuity with Grades 3-5, interdisciplinarity among subjects, and the integration of cross-cutting themes in Social Science,” the NCERT notification stated.

“Given the need for vertical and horizontal linkages and integration across disciplines in Social Sciences, both the CAGs- Social Science and Economics will ensure this integration by sharing and discussing drafts of material prepared with each other,” it added.

“The timeline for submitting Handbooks for Teachers to NSTC and NCERT is 25 February 2024,” the notification further added.

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