prepare a report in the context of adaptation of salient features of NCF 2005?
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The National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE)- 2000 prescribes instructing of science and innovation at upper essential and optional stage.It was felt that innovation is progressively affecting our lives and along these lines, should be incorporated into the science course. At the senior secondary stage, instructing learning of science adopts a disciplinary strategy in physics, science, and biology.
NPE 1986, assigned a special role to NCERT in preparing and promoting NCF.
Yash Pal Committee Report, ‘Learning without Burden’ (1993) observes that learning has become a source of burden and stress on children and their parents.
Considering these observations, Executive Committee of NCERT decided at its meeting of July 14, 2004, to revise the National Curriculum Framework.
The process of development of NCF was initiated in November, 2004 by setting up various structures like National Steering Committee Chaired by Prof. Yash Pal and twenty-one National Focus Groups on themes of curricular areas, systemic reforms and national concerns.
Wide ranging deliberations and inputs from multiple sources involving different levels of stakeholders helped in shaping the draft of NCF.
The draft NCF was translated into 22 languages listed in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution. The translated versions were widely disseminated and consultations with stakeholders at district and local level helped in developing the final draft.
The NCF was approved by Central Advisory Board on Education in September, 2005.