CBSE Revised Guidelines: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the guidelines and has mandated the use of National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books for Classes 9 to 12. The board has strongly advised schools to follow the NCERT or SCERT books for Classes 1 to 8.
The revised guidelines will come into immediate effect, underscoring the board's commitment to maintain high standards in school education. Besides textbooks, schools can use supplementary materials and digital content given that they are aligned with the National Curriculum Framework - School Education (NCF-SE), as per the new guidelines.
According to the official notification, “Schools shall mandatorily follow the NCERT textbooks prescribed in CBSE curriculum. For subjects in which NCERT/ SCERT books are not available, CBSE books uploaded on the website must be followed. Schools can use supplementary material as per their requirement. The use of Digital Content can also be explored to augment the textbooks. The supplementary material and Digital Content used by the school must invariably be aligned with NCF-SE.”
“Extreme care should be taken while using supplementary material, digital content as well as books of private publishers, if so used, so that there is no objectionable content that hurts the feeling of any class, community, gender or any religious group in society.” It further added.
Moreover, the schools will continue to put a list of prescribed books for all the classes on their website with the written declaration signed by the manager and the principal saying that they have gone through the contents of the books prescribed by the school and own the responsibility. CBSE warned that if a school is found prescribing a book having any objectionable content, it will be found responsible for such content and action will be initiated against it by the board.
A key aspect of the revised guidelines is the emphasis on content sensitivity. Whether using supplementary materials, digital content, or books from private publishers, schools are required to exercise extreme caution. The CBSE stresses that no educational content should be deemed objectionable or offensive to any class, community, gender, or religious group.
The revised guidelines will come into immediate effect, underscoring the board's commitment to maintain high standards in school education. Besides textbooks, schools can use supplementary materials and digital content given that they are aligned with the National Curriculum Framework - School Education (NCF-SE), as per the new guidelines.
According to the official notification, “Schools shall mandatorily follow the NCERT textbooks prescribed in CBSE curriculum. For subjects in which NCERT/ SCERT books are not available, CBSE books uploaded on the website must be followed. Schools can use supplementary material as per their requirement. The use of Digital Content can also be explored to augment the textbooks. The supplementary material and Digital Content used by the school must invariably be aligned with NCF-SE.”
“Extreme care should be taken while using supplementary material, digital content as well as books of private publishers, if so used, so that there is no objectionable content that hurts the feeling of any class, community, gender or any religious group in society.” It further added.
Moreover, the schools will continue to put a list of prescribed books for all the classes on their website with the written declaration signed by the manager and the principal saying that they have gone through the contents of the books prescribed by the school and own the responsibility. CBSE warned that if a school is found prescribing a book having any objectionable content, it will be found responsible for such content and action will be initiated against it by the board.
A key aspect of the revised guidelines is the emphasis on content sensitivity. Whether using supplementary materials, digital content, or books from private publishers, schools are required to exercise extreme caution. The CBSE stresses that no educational content should be deemed objectionable or offensive to any class, community, gender, or religious group.