NCERT plans to ‘lighten’ textbooks due to Covid19

NCERT has decided to rationalize syllabus and lighten school textbooks of all classes for the session 2022-23. The new textbooks based on the NCF 2022 are expected to be out by the academic session 2023-24.

National Council of Educational Research & Training, NCERT has decided to lighten school textbooks of all classes for the academic session 2022-23. The decision on council has come due to the disruption of the learning process due to COVID 19 pandemic in the country. The cases have increased in the past few days leading to the closure of schools and the continuation of online classes.

The NCERT has decided to reduce the syllabus and textbooks for the next year for all the classes as the new National Curriculum Framework, NCF may take time to come out. On December 15, 2021, the NCERT director in charge, Sridhar Srivastava, ordered the heads of departments to carry out a review by involving internal and external experts.

The heads of the departments have been asked to submit the report latest by December 28, 2021. As per reports, the director has also been instructed to send the textbooks for publication with revised proposed changes for the academic session 2022-23.

The decision to “lighten” school textbooks for the 2022-23 session has been taken considering the struggle faced by the students in learning through online and other modes. The other reasons for consideration are the Parliamentary Standing Committee and the National Education Policy 2020.