Govt gets copyright to edit, modify NCERT textbooks
Staff Reporter | 25 December 2023 | The Shilong Times
SHILLONG: The state government has obtained copyrights from the NCERT and will modify the NCERT textbooks instead of adopting them in their entirety. Disclosing this on Sunday, Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma said, “We will not implement the NCERT textbooks completely. We have received the copyright from the NCERT. The MBoSE may redesign, edit, and remove parts of the chapters as needed.”
He added that a committee has been established to review all of these over the course of the upcoming year.
The NCERT textbooks will be made available for students studying in Khasi and Garo medium at the elementary level, he stated. “Presently we have about 10-11 textbooks and subjects at the elementary level so we are going with the NCERT and we will be having only three or four subjects or maximum five subjects at the elementary level,” he said, adding that the cabinet had also decided to reduce the number of textbooks and subjects.