Kolkata, West Bengal is set to advance the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020. State School Education Minister Dipak Barman announced on Monday that the government will soon finalize a partnership with the National Council of Educational Research and Training aimed at bolstering teacher support.
“Through the MoU, NCERT will guide us. “The textbooks that will be prepared under the new framework will be implemented from the 2028 academic year.
Speaking at a state-level workshop attended by district inspectors of schools and other education department officials from across the state at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, Barman said the state was “somewhat behind” in implementing NEP 2020, and efforts were underway to complete the process expeditiously. He said the state was also preparing to sign an MoU with NCERT to facilitate orientation programmes for teachers and provide technical and academic guidance for implementing the new education framework. They will help us address the difficulties in implementation, from technical issues to taking the framework down to the school level,” the minister said. Barman said the National Curriculum Framework would guide the preparation of textbooks and curriculum, including what students would be taught, how they would be taught and how their learning would be assessed. We will receive cooperation from NCERT for this,” he said. The minister also said a large number of private schools in the state had failed to upload student-related information on the UDISE portal, creating an inaccurate picture of school enrolment in the state.
“UDISE is the central government’s database through which schools are required to provide details such as the number of students and teachers and the condition of school infrastructure,” he underscored.
