October 19, 2025
  • National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the country’s apex advisory body on school education, has initiated the final phase of developing new textbooks by forming a 19-member committee (NSTC), with an aim to align “school syllabus, textbooks, teaching and learning materials” for students in grades 3rd to 12th.
  • National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) chancellor MC Pant will be heading the 19-member committee.
  • A professor at Princeton University and a Fields medalist, Manjul Bhargav will be its co-chair.
  • Mandate– To prepare textbooks, and other teaching learning materials, which will be published and used by the NCERT for reference.
  • NSTC will be accompanied by Curricular Area Groups (CAGs) in the development of the teaching-learning material for all curricular areas.
  • The objective of the committee will be to align the curriculum with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE 2023), developed by the K Kasturirangan-led committee as a part of the NEP 2020.
    • The NCF-SE, now in the advanced stages, will act as the reference point and guiding road map for the syllabus and textbook developers for school-level education all over the country.
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