Latest National Curriculum Framework for School Education News & Updates

Bengaluru, May 22 (IANS) The Karnataka government has urged the Centre and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to introduce a dedicated chapter on groundwater conservation and management in the national school curriculum, citing growing concerns over water scarcity and climate change.Announcing the development on Friday, Karnataka Minor Irrigation and Science & Technology Minister, N.S. Boseraju, said the State has formally written to the Central Government seek…

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Adopting a transitional approach to adjust the CBSE’s Scheme of Studies with the revised NCERT syllabus aligned with the NEP 2020 and National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023, the Board has made it compulsory for Class IX students to study three languages from July 1. In a circular issued to heads of schools affiliated to it, the CBSE said that out of the three languages (R1, R2, R3), at least two should be native Indian languages.“Students wh…

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday launched a CBSE curriculum on Computational Thinking (CT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for students of Classes 3 to 8, to be introduced from the 2026-27 academic session.The initiative, themed “AI for Education, AI in Education”, aims to build foundational digital and analytical skills among young learners by integrating future-ready competencies at an early stage.The launch event in New Delhi was attended…