The State Government has obtained Copyright from NCERT and will modify the NCERT Textbooks instead of adopting them in their totality. Revealing this update on Sunday, Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma said, “We will not implement the NCERT textbooks entirely. We have obtained the copyright from NCERT. The Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education may redesign, edit and modify parts of the Subjects as required.”
He further said that a committee has been established to review all of these academic structure over the course of the upcoming year. The NCERT textbooks shall be available for students studying in Khasi and Garo medium at the elementary level, he stated. “Presently, we have about 10-11 textbooks and subjects in the elementary level so we are going with the NCERT curriculum and we will be having only three or four subjects and maximum five subjects at the elementary level,” he said, adding that the cabinet had also decided to reduce the number of textbooks and subjects.
He reasoned that it would be more effective to select and teach the most important and best subjects rather than trying to fit two teachers’ limited teaching hours and a wide range of subjects into one small classroom. He justified the need for the NCERT textbooks to be modified by pointing out that the majority of questions on competitive exams come from the NCERT curriculum and syllabus. Taking this into consideration, we determined that the NCERT textbooks are the only option for the stop gap arrangement starting in the following academic year.
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