NCERT gets deemed university status, announces Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

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ALSO READ: Sudha Murty, Shankar Mahadevan on NCERT's new panel to develop syllabus, textbooks for classes 3 to 12 As per details, the Central government on the advice of the UGC can declare an Institution of Higher Education, other than universities, working at a very high standard in a specific area of study as an Institution ‘Deemed-to-be-university’. Institutions that are ‘deemed-to-be-university’ enjoy the academic status and privileges of a university. Now with the deemed university status, NCERT will offer graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees.

Among other things, Pradhan inaugurated three labs including a lab on virtual reality education and another on a teacher training center. In his address, Pradhan drew parallels between the Chandrayaan-3 and the National Education Policy and said the new education policy would be as successful as the recent ISRO project. “The credit for the Chandrayaan-3's successful handling should also go to NCERT as it is where the idea of such projects germinate," said Pradhan.

“NEP is like Chandrayaan-3. It would be successful. Nothing can stop it," he added.

Earlier a new committee was formed by the NCERT, set to shape the curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12. The primary goal of this committee is to align the curriculum with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE). Developed under the guidance of the K Kasturirangan-led steering committee as a part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 implementation.