Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan on NCERT's new panel to develop syllabus, textbooks for classes 3 to 12

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Infosys Foundation chair, singer Shankar Mahadevan, and economist Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, are part of this endeavour according to an internal note of NCERT as reported by HT. 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.

Although the final NCF-SE version has already been submitted to the Union Ministry of Education, its public release is still pending. The draft was unveiled in April. NSTC's responsibilities encompass the development of school syllabi, as well as teaching and learning materials for classes 3 to 12.

This committee will also undertake the task of appropriately revising existing textbooks for classes 1 and 2, ensuring a smooth transition to NCF-SE guidelines, according to the note. “The textbooks and other learning material developed and finalised by NSTC shall be published and distributed by the NCERT," the note stated, reported HT. The composition of this committee reflects a diverse range of expertise.

Manjul Bhargav, a mathematics professor at Princeton University, co-chairs the committee. Other members include Sujatha Ramdorai, a distinguished mathematician, U Vimal Kumar, a badminton player, MD Srinivas, chairperson of the Centre for Policy Studies, and Chamu Krishna Shastry, chairperson of Bhartiya Bhasha Samiti. Also read: Use Indian languages to teach, CBSE tells schools as NCERT prioritises making textbooks available To facilitate a thorough approach, Curriculum Area Groups (CAGs) will be established.