National curriculum framework 2005 and elementary education
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The National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) is one of the four National Curriculum Frameworks published in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT in India.
The Framework provides the framework for making syllabii,[1] textbooks and teaching practices within the school education programmes in India. The NCF 2005[2] document draws its policy basis from earlier government reports on education as Learning Without Burden[3] and National Policy of Education 1986-1992[4] and focus group discussion.[5] After wide ranging deliberations 21 National Focus Group Position Papers have been developed under the aegis of NCF-2005. The state of art position papers provided inputs for formulation of NCF-2005. The document and its offshoot textbooks have come under different forms of reviews in the press.[6]