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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: NCF 2023: Is it a good idea to make students give Board exams twice a year, in 16 subjects? | In Focus podcast
Description: The Education Ministry has released the pre-draft of the National Curriculum Framework for school education, or NCF-2023, for public feedback and comments. The document, which was last revised in 2005, has a critical role to play in determining pedagogical approaches and how textbooks are designed.Some key recommendations of NCF-2023 that have made headlines include: board exams twice a year, a semester system for Class 12, and giving students the option of pursuing a mix of courses from science, humanities and commerce rather than splitting them into exclusive streams.What are the implications of the changes proposed...