The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) today addressed concerns over the draft Grade 9 Mathematics syllabus, clarifying that no major topics have been dropped.
It said some topics have been integrated into other chapters rather than being retained as standalone chapters.
NCERT Class 9 Maths Draft: The NCERT said the draft syllabus was released as an initial proposal to seek feedback from teachers, students, authors, and educators. Based on the feedback received, the syllabus will be finalised and released in October by the NCERT/CBSE.
The NCERT said the draft syllabus was released as an initial proposal to seek feedback from teachers, students, authors, and educators. Based on the feedback received, the syllabus will be finalised and released in October by the NCERT/CBSE. Learning Outcomes provide observable milestones for planning teaching, learning and assessment in each grade. The NCERT advised schools, teachers, school boards, and other stakeholders to plan classroom processes and assessments with reference to the prescribed Competencies.
The NCERT added that the new textbooks across curricular areas, including Mathematics and Social Science, have been developed to help learners achieve the suggested curricular goals, competencies, and learning outcomes in an integrated, experiential and meaningful manner, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. NCERT On Curriculum Goals And Chapterisation The NCERT reiterated that under NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, school curricula are to be understood and implemented through Curricular Goals, Competencies, and Learning Outcomes, rather than merely by counting the number of chapters in a textbook.
It said Curricular Goals define the broader aims of a subject at a particular stage, while Competencies describe what learners should be able to achieve by the end of that stage. It said that assessing curriculum coverage merely by comparing the number of printed chapter headings with entries in the syllabus document does not reflect the intent of competency-based education.
