Govt constitutes committee to revise curriculum frameworks for school, adult education

The National Curriculum Frameworks would also reflect upon the implications of situations such as COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Ministry of Education has formed a Committee under the Chairmanship of former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief, Dr K Kasturirangan to develop curriculum frameworks for school and adult education.

In line with the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Education Ministry has constituted a National Steering Committee for the Development of National Curriculum Frameworks. As per the perspectives of the NEP 2020, the Committee will develop four National Curriculum Frameworks- i.e., the National Curriculum Framework for School Education, National Curriculum for Early Childhood Care and Education, National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education and National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education.

The 12 member committee will be headed by Dr K Kasturirangan, who was also the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of NEP, 2020. The other members of the committee are Mahesh Chandra Pant, Chancellor of NIEPA (National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration); Govind Prasad Sharma, Chairman of the National Book Trust; Prof Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia University; T V Kattimani, First Vice-Chancellor of Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (CTUAP); Author Michel Danino; Milind Kamble, Chairperson of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu; Jagbir Singh, Chancellor of the Central University of Punjab; Mathematician Manjul Bhargava; social activist M K Sridhar, Dhir Jhingran and Shankar Maruwada.

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