New NCERT textbook soon for Classes 3 and 6 in CBSE schools - Board to follow new syllabus

In a recent communication, The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed the affiliated schools to follow the new syllabi for classes 3 and 6 to be released soon by the NCERT in place of the textbooks and syllabus released till 2023.

According to sources, the schools will be receiving the books containing new syllabus soon.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will release new syllabi and textbooks for classes 3 and 6. However, there will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other grades for the academic year 2024-25 commencing from April 1, according to CBSE officials

The NCERT in its March 18 letter to the CBSE had said that the new syllabus will be structured in line with the recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023 for the upcoming academic session 2024-25.

"This initiative is aimed at facilitating a 'seamless transition for students to new pedagogical perspectives and areas of study, particularly Arts, Physical Education, Vocational Education, and The World Around Us (for Grade 3), for which activity-books/textbooks are being developed with new perspectives aligned with NCF-SE 2023," said the NCERT circular.

"We request that CBSE proactively communicate this development to their school heads, teachers, and parents. We advise the formulation of a strategy to engage students of Grades 3 and 6 in playful and activity-based learning at the start of the new academic year, ensuring a holistic environment that encompasses arts, physical education, and well-being, skill education, and fresh insights into language, mathematics, science, environmental education, and social sciences," NCERT had said in its notification.

Further, the NCERT will also be providing the board with a syllabus bridge programme for Grade 6 and succinct guidelines for Grade 3.