New Delhi: Congress on Friday criticized the Center for the delay in releasing new Class 6 textbooks, alleging that the Education Ministry is "sabotaging" children's education.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the government over the issue, saying "the rot runs deep" or the incompetence reaches new heights every day.
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"Even as the school year has started, the NCERT - the National Council (read Nagpur) of Educational Research and Training - has not released new science, mathematics and social science textbooks for class 6 students," Ramesh said.
The textbooks themselves have not been finalized by the National Syllabus and Teaching and Learning Materials Committee (NSTC), he said.
Ramesh noted that printing will take another 10-15 days.
Authorities expect a two-month delay before they can make new books available to students, he said.
"Either the rot runs deep or the incompetence reaches new heights every day!" Ramesh said.
His comments come a day after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reviewed the development of school textbooks under the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) at a meeting here.
The meeting came against the backdrop of a delay in the release of Class 6 textbooks that were to be taught from April and are yet to hit the market.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had earlier announced that new textbooks for classes 3 and 6 will be introduced from the academic session 2024-25.
"For the academic year 2024-25, new and attractive textbooks will be introduced in classes 3 and 6. Textbook development work is in the final phase and nine textbooks for grades 3 and 6 are already The remaining eight will be available very soon," said a senior Education Ministry official.
The initial target of NCERT was to launch the new textbooks based on NCF 2023 this year only for classes 3 and 6. While the textbooks for Class 3 are available in the market, those for Class 6 They have been delayed.
It was only this week that the NCERT released new textbooks in English and Hindi for Class 6 amid the academic session.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the government over the issue, saying "the rot runs deep" or the incompetence reaches new heights every day.
In a post on
"Even as the school year has started, the NCERT - the National Council (read Nagpur) of Educational Research and Training - has not released new science, mathematics and social science textbooks for class 6 students," Ramesh said.
The textbooks themselves have not been finalized by the National Syllabus and Teaching and Learning Materials Committee (NSTC), he said.
Ramesh noted that printing will take another 10-15 days.
Authorities expect a two-month delay before they can make new books available to students, he said.
"Either the rot runs deep or the incompetence reaches new heights every day!" Ramesh said.
His comments come a day after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reviewed the development of school textbooks under the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) at a meeting here.
The meeting came against the backdrop of a delay in the release of Class 6 textbooks that were to be taught from April and are yet to hit the market.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had earlier announced that new textbooks for classes 3 and 6 will be introduced from the academic session 2024-25.
"For the academic year 2024-25, new and attractive textbooks will be introduced in classes 3 and 6. Textbook development work is in the final phase and nine textbooks for grades 3 and 6 are already The remaining eight will be available very soon," said a senior Education Ministry official.
The initial target of NCERT was to launch the new textbooks based on NCF 2023 this year only for classes 3 and 6. While the textbooks for Class 3 are available in the market, those for Class 6 They have been delayed.
It was only this week that the NCERT released new textbooks in English and Hindi for Class 6 amid the academic session.
