NEWS

Union Education Minister released the ‘Mandate Document: Guidelines for the Development of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF)’ at a function held at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru recently

NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

• The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommends the development of National Curriculum Frameworks (NCF) in four areas school education, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), teacher education, and adult education
• The entire process of curriculum framework is being done in a paperless manner with very wide consultation at the school/district/state level with the help of a tech platform and mobile app
• The Mandate document describes the development process of the NCF, its expected structure and objectives, and some of the basic principles from the NEP 2020 that will inform the development of the four NCFs
• NCF is being drafted through a collaborative and consultative process, starting from district to state level and then National level.
• For providing inputs for the development of these four curriculum frameworks, 25 themes based on the perspectives of the NEP 2020 are identified under the three categories –

1. Curriculum and Pedagogy
2. Cross-cutting Issues
3. Other important areas of NEP 2020 focussing on systemic changes and reforms.