Education ministry constitutes panel to develop new national curriculum frameworks (NCFs); Head- Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan
- The Union Ministry of Education has formed a 12-member committee to develop new national curriculum frameworks (NCFs) for school, early childhood, teacher and adult education.
- The NCFs serve as a guideline for syllabus, textbook and teaching practices for schools in India.
- The panel will be headed by K Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Chairperson of National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) drafting committee.
- As per the terms of reference of the committee the panel will develop four NCFs, i.e. for school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education.
- The panel will be required to keep in focus all the recommendations of NEP-2020 related to these four areas while proposing curriculum reforms.
- Once developed, it will be the fifth NCF, which comes after a gap of 16 years..
Other members of the committee includes:
- Mahesh Chandra Pant-Chancellor of National Institute of Education Planning and Administration
- Govind Prasad Sharma-Chairman of National Book Trust
- Najma Akhtar – Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
- T V Kattimani – Vice Chancellor of Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh
- Milind Kamble – Chairperson of IIM Jammu
- Michel Danino – guest professor at IIT Gandhinagar
- Jagbir Singh – Chancellor of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda;
- Manjul Bhargava – American mathematician of Indian origin;
- M K Sridhar- trainer and social activist;
- Dhir Jhingran – founder director of Language and Learning Foundation (LLF);
- Shankar Maruwada – co-founder and CEO at EkStep Foundation
Points to Remember:
- Head of the committee formed by Education ministry to develop new national curriculum frameworks (NCFs)?
- How many members are there in the panel? 12
- Full form of NCF?
Source: The Indian Express