Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday announced that the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) as per the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is complete and textbooks for it will be prepared for the 2024 academic year. The transformational curriculum will result in a change in the annual board examinations.
The NCF says that the board exams will be conducted twice a year, with the student with the top result being retained. Instead of months of learning and memorisation, board exams will evaluate qualifying knowledge and achievement. Board examinations will be conducted at least twice a year to ensure that students get enough time and opportunities to perform well.
The ministry says that after this the students can take the board exams of those subjects which they have completed and for which they feel prepared. They will also be allowed to maintain the best scores. With that said, “over time, school boards will have to develop the ability to offer 'on demand' tests at a reasonable time. Apart from board exam test developers and evaluators, they have to undergo university-certified courses before taking up this job,”.
More flexibility
The Center announced that textbooks for the 2024 academic year will be made according to the new education policy. The Ministry of Education released information about the new curriculum structure. It states that students of classes 11 and 12 will have to learn two languages, of which at least one should be an Indian language. The new framework also emphasises that the practice of 'covering' textbooks in the classroom shall be avoided and textbook costs should be kept as low as possible.
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