- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India established on 1 September 1961
- It is registered as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies’ Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860)
- The NCERT was established with the agenda to design and support a common system of education which is national in character and also enables and encourages the diverse culture across the country
- It is separate from the National Council for Teacher Education
- National Curriculum Framework: The council came up with a new National Curriculum Framework in 2005, drafted by a National Steering Committee. This exercise was based on 5 guiding principles:
- connecting knowledge to life outside school
- a shift from the rote method of learning
- enriching the curriculum for the overall development of children so that it goes beyond textbooks
- making examinations flexible and integrating them into classroom life and
- nurturing an identity informed by caring concerns
