NCF 2023, National Curriculum Framework NCF 2023: National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF) was released by the education ministry on Wednesday, August 23. The ministry has made changes in the process of imparting education to the students.
Ministry of Education has shared new guidelines for learning standards, content Pedagogy, assessment in stages under National Education Policy 2020.
As per the new proposal, it seems that the learning process in schools will improve. The Ministry has proposed to teach children 29 hours a week in schools. The NCF has prescribed teaching hours based on global standards for all levels of school education.
In the new program of study proposed for schools, an attempt has been made to reduce the burden of studies.
According to the proposal, there will be classes of five to five and a half and hour every week (Monday to Friday) in the schools. The students will also get free time in which they will be allowed to do their choice of work. There will be studies for a few hours on the next two saturdays and there will be a holiday on Sunday.Teachers have been asked to include introduction, understanding, excerise, experiment and spreading in order to explain the topic of teaching and learning.
NCF 2023: There will be 220 annual working school days
According to the blueprint of the National Curriculum Framework, there will be 220 instruction/school-going days after taking into consideration national holidays, term breaks, and vacations. Of these 220 days, around 20 days may be considered for assessments and other assessment-related activities across Stages. Another 20 days may be set aside for school events and other similar activities.
