The Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) on Wednesday instructed faculties to keep up the present curriculum and proceed with the identical textbooks for all courses apart from grades 3 and 6. The board specified that there have been no modifications to the curriculum or textbooks for different courses for the 2024-25 tutorial 12 months, which commenced on April 1, 2024.
“To allay any misgivings and for higher readability, it’s reiterated that for all courses aside from 3 and 6, there isn’t a change to the present curriculum or textbooks. Colleges are as soon as once more instructed to proceed utilizing the identical textbooks for these courses as they did within the earlier tutorial 12 months (2023-24),” the CBSE said in a put up on the social media platform X.
“It’s crucial for faculties to make sure adherence to the curriculum directives outlined within the preliminary pages of the curriculum doc. Topics must be taught in accordance with the prescribed curriculum, incorporating methodologies similar to multilingualism, art-integrated schooling, experiential studying, and pedagogical plans, wherever possible,” the official discover issued in March learn.
The board’s directive, issued through a round on March 22, 2024, mandated faculties to make use of NCERT’s beforehand revealed textbooks for these particular grades till 2023.
The Nationwide Council of Academic Analysis and Coaching (NCERT) determined to revise the curriculum and textbooks for Courses 3 and 6. This resolution was pushed by the necessity to align these courses with the Nationwide Curriculum Framework for College Training (NCFSE) and to facilitate a easy transition into the up to date syllabus. In preparation for this transition, NCERT has developed a “bridge course” for Class 6 and offered “concise pointers” for Class 3.
Addressing misinformation from a media report titled “Confusion over revised NCERT textbooks for courses 6, 9, and 11 leaves lecturers in a tizzy,” NCERT clarified that every one Class 6 textbooks can be obtainable by July 2024. It refuted the article’s declare of a two-month deadline, stating it to be incorrect.
