Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan to head education ministry’s panel

WHY IN THE NEWS?

• The Union education ministry has formed a 12-member committee to develop new curriculums for school, early childhood, teacher and adult education.
• The panel tasked with developing four national curriculum frameworks (NCFs) will be headed by National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) drafting committee chairperson K Kasturirangan.
• The committee will discuss “position papers” finalised by national focus groups on different aspects of the four areas drawing inputs from state curriculum frameworks. The NCFs serve as a guideline for syllabus, textbook and teaching practices for schools in India.