Demonetisation, GST now on NCERT syllabus
After 10 years of publishing textbooks without any changes, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is all set to update all 182 of its textbooks in April next year. According to a newspaper report, the chapters will be brought up to date and new developments like Goods and Services Tax will be included. Altogether, NCERT has made 1,334 changes at an average rate of seven changes per book.
20 Sep 2017 | By Dibyajyoti Sarma
The books will be delivered to schools and individuals by March, before the start of the new academic session in April 2018
NCERT director Hrushikesh Senapaty told the media that the texts will be ready within a month and sent for printing immediately thereafter. They will be delivered to schools and individuals by March, before the start of the new academic session in April 2018.
“Any student or any individual can place orders and we have started receiving orders. The books will be delivered via post as they need to be delivered to remote areas as well,” Senapaty said.
The changes to the texts include updates, corrections and additions. The updates will take care of old statistics, economic data, etc, while the additions will introduce topics like demonetisation, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Swachhta. However, more than half of the changes involve correction of spelling errors and simplification of language.
The council has already got orders for more than two crore books on its website for next year, as against a total print run of 4.63 crore books for the 2017 session. Senapaty said NCERT is anticipating a much higher demand: "Assuming all the CBSE schools go for the books, we expect a demand of approximately 13 crore this year,” he said.
NCERT has increased the number of its printers and vendors to fulfil the higher demand. "Quality-wise, we use 80gsm paper, which is higher than private and other state publishers,” he said.
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