MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have informed
that they have undertaken a review of all of its textbooks in the year 2017-18. The review
broadly pertained to rectification of factual errors, if any, and updation of data. This is a
continuous and regular process.
(b) No, Madam.
(c) The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) sets the guidelines and direction for the
development of syllabi and textbooks at all the school stages. As a follow up to the NCF,
model curriculum, syllabi, text-books and other supplementary material are developed by
NCERT. During the exercise of the making of the NCF-2005, 21 National Focus Groups
were constituted on different aspects of school education such as teaching of science, teaching
of mathematics, arts education, etc. Each of the Focus Group had brought out research based
position paper taking into consideration curriculum researches conducted at the national and
international level. The NCF-2005 has been developed drawing insights from these National
Focus Groups’ position papers.
(d) The NCERT’s textbooks aim for the holistic development of children along with
nurturing talents. The NCERT has regularly been updating its course and textbooks to
improve the quality of education. The updation of textbooks enables the students to be
updated in knowledge, talent and skills, related to different areas.
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