New NCERT textbooks to be developed in 22 languages included in the VIII Schedule

In New Delhi a high level meeting on new National Curriculum Framework and new textbooks based on NEP 2020 was conducted by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the high level meeting called by the Education Minister was  attended by the Secretary, School Education Shri Sanjay Kumar, Senior officials of NCERT and Members of National Steering Committee on National Curriculum Framework

In consonance with the National Education Policy – 2020 perspective of imparting multilingual education the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked to develop textbooks in 22 languages included in the VIII schedule of the Constitution

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan  said in the form of open education resources the learning-teaching material Jaadui Pitara developed by the NCERT will be taken forward to reach out to every school 

He further added to develop a variety of innovative learning teaching materials, there is a need to make it a mass movement so that innovative and creative youth will join hands