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The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) is the fourth National Curriculum Framework published in 2005 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India. Its predecessors were published in 1975, 1988, 2000.
- The NCF 2005 serves as a guideline for syllabus, textbooks, and teaching practices for the schools in India.
- The NCF 2005 has based its policies on previous government reports on education, such as Learning Without Burden and National Policy of Education 1986–1992, and focus group discussion.
- The subjects of NCF 2005 include all educational institutions in India. A number of its recommendations, for example, focus on rural schools. The syllabus and textbooks based on it are being used by all the CBSE schools and multiple state schools.
- NCF 2005 has been translated into 22 languages and has influenced the syllabus in 17 states.
Is syllabus the same thing as curriculum?
Syllabus refers to the content of each subject in the curriculum. It outlines what is to be taught and the knowledge, skills and attitudes which are to be deliberately fostered, together with stage-specific objectives. Syllabus also contains time allotment and assessment scheme for each subject. Moreover, the current syllabus developed by the NCERT provides guidelines to teachers to connect school knowledge with child's experiences
