Key Highlights
- In its order on the textbook last week, the Supreme Court had directed D P Saklani, Director of the NCERT, to submit a comprehensive list and details pertaining to one of these committees — the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) — and the names and credentials of the textbook development team responsible for drafting the chapter on the judiciary.
- So what are these groups and committees, and what is the process behind drafting the book?
- What is the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee?
- A 19-member NSTC was constituted by the NCERT in 2023, the same year that the NCFSE, which is the guiding document for the syllabus and textbooks, was developed.
- This overarching committee has been tasked with developing the school syllabus and textbooks.
