NCERT textbooks to value much less from 2025, new books for lessons 9-12 by 2026: Dharmendra Pradhan | Training
NCERT textbooks for some lessons will value much less from subsequent 12 months, Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced on Tuesday.
The Nationwide Council of Academic Analysis and Coaching (NCERT), which at present prints 5 crore textbooks a 12 months, is working to enhance capability to fifteen crore from subsequent 12 months, he mentioned.
The minister additionally knowledgeable that the brand new textbooks, in accordance with the up to date curriculum for lessons 9-12, could be obtainable from the 2026-27 educational session.
“Within the subsequent educational 12 months, NCERT will publish 15 crore high quality and reasonably priced books… Presently, it publishes practically 5 crore textbooks. Earlier, there have been considerations about demand and provide in regards to the textbooks. Nonetheless, that shall be addressed now,” Pradhan instructed reporters.
“Because the quantity of printing of books goes to be excessive, the costs of textbooks for some lessons shall be decreased. Nonetheless, the worth won’t be elevated for any class to make sure there isn’t any monetary burden on dad and mom,” he added.
The minister knowledgeable that the method of updating textbooks, in accordance with the brand new Nationwide Curriculum Framework (NCF), was underway.
“The method is on and textbooks for lessons 9-12 shall be prepared by the 2026-27 educational session,” he mentioned.
“New textbooks have been made obtainable for seven out of 15 grades, with textbooks popping out for 4 extra grades within the subsequent educational 12 months. Textbooks for arts, bodily schooling, and wellbeing (lessons 3-8) and vocational schooling (lessons 6-8) are being developed. Textbooks are being ready in all scheduled Indian languages and made accessible by way of on-line platforms,” the minister mentioned.
Pradhan knowledgeable that the variety of colleges affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) had greater than doubled, rising from 14,974 in 2014 to 30,415 in 2024.
“Admissions, transfers and CBSE affiliation processes at the moment are totally on-line. Kendriya Vidyalyas, Navodaya Vidyalayas and the CBSE are working on 100 per cent e-office platforms. Faculties providing vocational programs have risen from 960 in 2014 to 29,342 in 2024. Scholar enrolment in ability schooling has surged from 58,720 in 2014 to over 30.8 lakh in 2024,” he mentioned.
In a separate press convention, Union Minister of State for Aviation Murlidhar Mohol mentioned there had been unprecedented improvement of schooling infrastructure throughout previous 10 years.
“…due to which, seven Indian establishments — IITs Delhi, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Mumbai, and Madras, IISc (Indian Institute of Science) – Bengaluru, and the Delhi College — have discovered a spot within the respected QS world college rating,” Mohol mentioned.
