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NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION 2023
COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP

IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE

NCFSE outlines ways and means to implement the National
Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the country’s 1.5 million
primary-secondary schools. By the end of this calendar year, two
additional NCF drafts, for teacher education (NCFTE) and adult
education (NCFAE) are scheduled to be produced

Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen

F OLLOWING THE LAUNCH OF THE 360- man of a nine-member committee of grey eminences from

public universities which presented the BJP/NDA govern-
page National Curriculum Framework
ment at the Centre a 484-page draft National Education
for Foundational Stage 2022 (NCF-FS)
Policy in 2019, which was compressed into the 68-page
on October 20 last year for children in
the 3-8 age group, a 684-page ‘pre-
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Subsequently to ensure that NEP 2020, which proposes
draft’ National Curriculum Framework
for School Education (NCFSE) 2023
for children in the age group 8-18 was root-and-branch reform of India’s moribund education sys-
tem from preschool to Ph D is implemented effectively, the
formally released in New Delhi by the Union education min- indefatigable Dr. K’Rangan has also assumed the mantle
istry on April 6. The merits of NCF-FS which was received of Chairman of the 13-member NCF Steering Commit-
with widespread acclaim were discussed in a previous issue tee. Quite obviously, the speed at which these voluminous
of EducationWorld (see https://www.educationworld.in/ curriculum drafts are being produced has taken its toll on
ncffs-2022-promising-debut/). the octogenarian Dr. Kasturirangan. In early July while in
NCFSE outlines ways and means to implement the Na- Sri Lanka, he suffered a minor heart attack and was flown
tional Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the country’s 1.5 mil- to Bangalore by a special charter to the care of renowned
lion primary-secondary schools. By the end of this calen- cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty, who has advised rest and
dar year, two additional NCF drafts, for teacher education recuperation.
(NCFTE) and adult education (NCFAE) are expected to be Naturally your editors who are neck-deep in education
produced by the NCF Steering Committee chaired by for- and supporters of his unprecedented effort to comprehen-
mer space scientist Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan. It’s sively reform India’s long-neglected education system sine
pertinent to recall that Dr. Kasturirangan was also chair- qua non, are earnestly praying for his speedy recovery and

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