The Ministry of Education recently released the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF), which has been developed on the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. With several new suggestions such as the introduction of a semester system in Class 12 board exams, the flexibility of subjects in secondary education and more, the Ministry is now seeking feedback from students, parents, teachers, educators, and other professionals to improve upon the pre-draft of NCF- SCHOOL EDUCATION

Class 10

The expert panel has suggested that to complete Class 10, students should complete two essential courses from each of the eight curricular areas available, that is, a total of 16 essential courses across two years of Class 9 and 10. The curricular areas would be Humanities (that includes languages), Mathematics and Computing, Vocational Education, Physical Education, Arts, Social Science, and Science.

Class 12

A major change that has been suggested in these draft guidelines is introducing a semester system in Class 12 board exams.
“Board examinations should be offered at least twice a year to ensure that students have both enough time and opportunity to perform well. Students can then appear for a board examination in courses they have completed and feel ready for. This process could be made possible through the creation of a comprehensive test item bank which can be used to create tests using suitable software,” the draft read.
big change that this year’s NCF suggests is giving students the flexibility to choose their subjects in higher education, rather than picking up pre-selected subjects. The draft suggests that when students choose a discipline, they have to complete four choice-based courses in that discipline, but all subjects should not be limited to it.

“By gaining knowledge of the key conceptual structures and theories of the discipline, and developing capacities of inquiry in that discipline, students can make informed decisions about the pursuit of this discipline in higher education,” the draft states.

Schools have also been instructed to make arrangements of providing at least one curricular area from each of the following categories:

Category 1: Humanities or Social Science or Science or Mathematics and Computing

Category 2: Inter-disciplinary Areas

Category 3: Arts or Sports or Vocational Education

A child’s progress card will be a “holistic, 360-degree, multidimensional report that reflects in great detail the progress as well as the uniqueness of each learner in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains,” the NCF draft says.

It adds that the report will also include self-assessment and peer assessment, and the progress of the child in project based and inquiry-based learning, quizzes, role plays, group work, portfolios, etc., along with teacher assessment.

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