The Ministry of Education (MoE) has asked NCERT to review and update textbooks yearly as per the sources from PTI. So far, there has been no mandate on the frequency of updating the NCERT textbooks. However, the council has been occasionally revising and updating the content since 2017. A rationalisation exercise was also conducted because of the closure of schools due to the pandemic but there were allegations from a section of agenda-driven editing.
'In the fast-changing world of today, it is important that the textbooks are absolutely updated. The NCERT has been asked to conduct a review on a yearly basis and update them ahead of the beginning of the new academic session,' a source said, reported PTI.
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He further stated that once NCERT books are published should not remain the same for many years. They should be reviewed every year before printing and if any changes have to be made or some new facts have to be added, they should be included in the books. For example, topics like Artificial Intelligence are very evolving.
National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is in the process of developing textbooks, as per the new curriculum framework. The textbooks will be ready by next for all classes as per the new curriculum framework. This year, the council introduced new textbooks for classes 3 and 6.
