Uttar Pradesh: NCERT Syllabus will be Followed in Government Primary Schools

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The NCERT books will be first introduced in Class 1 from 2021-22, Class 2 and Class 3 from 2022-23, Class 4 and Class 5 from 2023-24, and then in Class 6 to 8 from 2024-25, the Minister said in a press release.

Presently, there are 1.8 crore (18 million) students studying at 1.68 lakh (1,68,000) schools across the state.

Students from UP government primary schools will study NCERT books from the next academic session (2021-22). These books will be introduced in a phased manner from class 1 to class 8 between 2021 and 2025, said UP Basic Education Minister Satish Chandra Dwivedi here on Tuesday.

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The decision to follow NCERT syllabus in UP primary and upper primary schools was taken as per chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s directives, he said.

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"We have decided to launch next year's National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)syllabus books in UP government primary and upper primary schools so that a common syllabus is followed. It will help students if their parents move out of UP and decide to settle in another place, "said Dwivedi.

There are currently 1,8 crore (18 million) students studying at 1,68 lakh (1,68,000) schools across the state. Soon after the BJP government came to power, the NCERT syllabus was introduced in the UP Board of Schools. It is now also being implemented in government primary and upper primary schools.

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