For the academic year 2024-25, the National Council of Educational Research and Training, NCERT, will soon announce a new syllabus and textbooks for students studying in classes 3 to 6. Further, there will be no changes in the syllabus of students studying in other classes, according to the officials of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as reported by PTI.
NCERT has informed CBSE that the new syllabus for Classes third to sixth is currently under development and will be released soon.
"Consequently, schools are advised to follow these new syllabi and textbooks for classes 3 and 6 in place of textbooks
published by NCERT till the year 2023," said Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics), CBSE, as reported by PTI.
He further added, "A bridge course for class 6, and concise guidelines for class 3 are being developed by the NCERT for facilitating a seamless transition for students to new pedagogical practices and areas of study aligned with new curriculum framework, 2023. These resources will be disseminated to all the schools online once they are received from NCERT. The Board will also organise capacity-building programs for school heads and teachers to orient them with the new teaching-learning perspectives as envisioned in NEP-2020," as reported by PTI.