- By Ritesh Kumar
- Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:26 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will be revising its textbooks for the session of 2024 to 2025. According to the official update from the Ministry of Education, NCERT Textbooks will be revised based on the National Education Policy, NEP 2020. And after this revision, the NCERT is likely to be introduced in schools in the next academic session. The textbooks will be developed as per the National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
NCERT textbooks for all grades to be revised in accordance with National Curriculum Framework: Education Ministry officials
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"The new textbooks are likely to be introduced from 2024-25 academic session. It is a tall task but we are aiming for that. The textbooks will be revised as per the new NCF, work on which is already going on. Developing textbooks is a laborius task," a senior MoE official said.
According to the information, all the NCERT textbooks developed as per the revised National Curriculum Framework (NCF) will also be available in digital form. "Since COVID-19 has taught us that there is an appetite for digital learning, all the new textbooks will simultaneously be made available digitally so anybody can download them," he added.
Noting that textbooks should not be "static", the official said an institutional framework will be developed to ensure that the textbooks are updated on a regular basis.
The Centre has earlier started the process to revise school textbooks by appointing former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Kasturirangan as the head of a 12-member steering committee responsible for developing a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
