{"id":239336,"date":"2023-04-24T18:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=239336"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T13:11:32","slug":"ncert-textbook-team-members-write-curriculum-has-been-rationalised-for-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ncert-textbook-team-members-write-curriculum-has-been-rationalised-for-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S<\/strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the following articles<\/p>\n

\u201cWe Don\u2019t Get History. So, Let\u2019s Not Study It\u201d <\/b>published in\u00a0The Times of India\u00a0<\/b>on\u00a024th April 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times\u201d <\/b>published in the Indian Express <\/b>on\u00a024th April 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Education.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the revision of NCERT textbooks.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has made 1,334 changes in 182 books to its syllabus for various classes.<\/p>\n

About the present revision of NCERT textbooks<\/h2>\n

NCERT rationalisation exercise took place in 2020-2021. The NCERT took feedback from teachers from KVS and other schools and CBSE practitioners on the rationalised content across subject areas.<\/p>\n

The details were made public for the benefit of schools in 2022-23. Schools accepted these changes and modified their curricula and assessment policies. After the books were released in the market for the year 2023-24.<\/p>\n

What are the recent changes in the NCERT syllabus?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Must read: Changes to the NCERT syllabus and associated issues \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is the rationale behind the changes in NCERT textbooks?<\/h2>\n

Addressing the learning gaps created during the Covid pandemic<\/strong>: Various experts and committees, including the Parliament Standing Committee, have revealed that learning gaps have developed among students. Hence, to compensate for time loss and facilitate the speedy recovery in students\u2019 learning curves a revision of NCERT textbooks is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read here: Rationale and challenges associated with the changes to the NCERT syllabus<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the criteria used by NCERT for the recent revision of textbooks?<\/h2>\n

a) <\/strong>Removing the overlapping of content amongst different subjects in the same class, b)<\/strong> Removing similar content in the lower or higher class in the same subject, c)<\/strong> Enable content that is easily accessible to children and does not require much intervention from the teachers can be learned through self-learning or peer learning, d)<\/strong> Removing content that is not relevant in the present context and e)<\/strong> Reducing difficulty levels.<\/p>\n

What is the response of the NCERT expert team to various media debates?<\/h2>\n

Allegations about deleting the Mughal period are wrong<\/strong>: Whatever is removed or rationalised has been included \u2013 either in the same subject in different classes or in a different subject in the same class. For example, the Class XII History textbook, \u201cThemes in Indian History Part-II\u201d, has another theme on the Mughals, \u2018Peasant, Zamindars and the State, Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (16th and 17th centuries)\u2019. This chapter covers important facets related to the society and economy of the medieval period. Similarly, the Class XI textbook, \u201cThemes in World History\u201d book refers to Babur, Akbar, and the construction of the Taj Mahal as well.<\/p>\n

Changes are not politically motivated<\/strong>: The mention of Nathuram Godse\u2019s caste in the Class XII History textbook was deemed inappropriate by the expert committee. The section \u201cControversies regarding Emergency\u201d was also dropped.<\/p>\n

The committee considered the developments related to the imposition of the Emergency, retained in the reprinted version, sufficient to give students the basic knowledge about the crisis of democratic order and abuse of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: NCERT textbook revision<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the areas missed in the recent revision of NCERT textbooks?<\/h2>\n

The Industrial Revolution is a key historical development, but it is not mentioned comprehensively. Similarly, today\u2019s climate crisis is also not mentioned exhaustively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the following articles \u201cWe Don\u2019t Get History. So, Let\u2019s Not Study It\u201d published in\u00a0The Times of India\u00a0on\u00a024th April 2023. \u201cNCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u00a024th April 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2: Issues relating to development and management… Continue reading NCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,10496],"class_list":["post-239336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}