NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

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Context: According to top officials in the Education Ministry, revised textbooks are expected to be used by students at all levels starting in the academic year 2024–2025.

Details

• After nearly two decades, school students at all levels will learn from revised textbooks to be presented in the academic year 2024-25. This is consistent with the National Education Policy, 2020.
• The government has released the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for preschool to Class 2, for children aged between 3-8 years. The framework for other classes is yet to be released.
• In accordance with the NEP 2020 concept of delivering multilingual education, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks will be published in 22 languages.
• Among the 14.8 lakh schools in India, 28,000 provide Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) courses, close to 2,000 offer Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), and 345 offer International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, according to the officials. State Board schools make up the remainder.

The ‘panchaadi’ way

• The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in its latest guidelines has recommended a five-step learning process, or Panchaadi, for young children at the preschool or foundational level and has emphasised the need of planning students' learning with an awareness of their Indian heritage.
• Panchaadi comprises;
  • Aditi (introduction of a topic
  • Bodh (conceptual understanding)
  • Abhyas (practice)
  • Prayog (application)
  • Prasar (expansion).

National Curriculum Framework

• The framework is centred on the idea of "panchakosha," an ancient Indian emphasis on the relationship between the body and the mind.
• The NCF says its five parts are;
  • Physical development (sharirik vikas)
  • Development of life energy (pranik vikas)
  • Emotional and mental development (manasik vikas)
  • Intellectual development (bauddhik vikas)
  • Spiritual development (chaitsik vikas).
• The NCF has four sections:
  • National Curriculum Framework for School Education
  • National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education
  • National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education
  • National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education

Changes in school curriculum

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/changes-in-school-curriculum

Jaadui Pitara

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/jaadui-pitara

New Education Policy

https://www.iasgyan.in/blogs/national-education-policy-2020-14

https://epaper.thehindu.com/ccidist-ws/th/th_delhi/issues/30317/OPS/G4BB1R09P.1+GSDB1RI6S.1.html