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The process of program and textbook revision for Classes I to XII is nearing completion successful the State, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said present connected Tuesday.
Since 2022, the Union authorities has been attempting to propulsion its ain policies done the National Education Policy (NEP) during program revisions. However, each world changes introduced by the State volition strictly travel the Kerala Curriculum Framework formulated independently by the State, helium said.
All 597 textbook titles being prepared for Classes I to X and the 39 revised textbooks for Class XI being brought retired this twelvemonth volition travel the Kerala Curriculum framework.
Kerala volition academically defy each attempts by the Centre to unit the NEP and unilaterally enforce program changes. The textbooks being prepared by the State volition bespeak the its long-standing priorities successful education, its secular and antiauthoritarian values and technological temper, Mr. Sivankutty said.
At the Higher Secondary level, Kerala has for a agelong clip been utilizing immoderate NCERT textbooks during the archetypal and 2nd year. However, successful caller times it has been recovered that important portions successful History, Political Science and Sociology books are being deliberately omitted from the textbooks.
Hence, Kerala is present preparing to bring retired its ain textbooks successful these 3 subjects to guarantee world continuity and contextual relevance, Mr. Sivankutty said.
The revised Higher Secondary archetypal twelvemonth textbooks volition beryllium formally released by the extremity of January. In 39 titles, astir 4 lakh textbooks are being printed for distribution.
The State authorities is disregarding the further fiscal load it mightiness incur successful this regard, helium added.
In summation to reforms, the Curriculum Committee gathering scheduled for January 8 volition sermon the reports connected the interaction of dense schoolhouse bags connected the wellness of and the connection to revise the docket of mid-summer abrogation successful schools.
The structural study connected measures to beryllium taken to further democratise schoolroom spaces successful the State schools by redesigning seating arrangements and eliminating the accepted “back bench” conception volition besides beryllium discussed astatine the meeting, Mr. Sivankutty said.
