This article talks about the CBSE Notification: Implementation of New Curriculum in Grades 3 and 6 as per NCF-SE 2023. Read Here!
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board was an experiment towards inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated to the CBSE. All schools affiliated to CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum especially from class 9 to 12.
The constitution of the Board was amended in 1952 to give its present name, the Central Board of Secondary Education. The Board was reconstituted on 1 July 1962 so as to make its services available to students and various educational institutions in the entire country.
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has finalized its textbooks of grade 3 as per the NCF-SE, 2023 for ‘Hindi’, ‘English’, ‘Urdu’, ‘Mathematics’ along with ‘Arts Education’, ‘Physical Education’ and ‘The World Around Us’.
In addition, to ensure smooth transition of children from earlier curriculum to new curriculum and to provide holistic environment for learning, NCERT has developed two programmes containing guideline for teachers with subject wise activities for playful and activity based learning:
The PDF files of above bridge programmes and subject wise activities for grade 6 can be accessed from the NCERT website. Links of the same are given below:
| S.No | Subject/Topic | Link |
| 1. | Bridge Month Programme for Grade 6- Guidelines | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Guidelines.pdf |
| 2. | Sanskrit | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Sanskrit.pdf |
| 3. | Art Education | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Art_Education.pdf |
| 4. | English | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-English(R2).pdf |
| 5. | Science | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Science.pdf |
| 6. | Urdu | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Urdu.pdf |
| 7. | Hindi | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-hindi.pdf |
| 8. | Mathematics | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Mathematics.pdf |
| 9. | Physical Education | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Physical-education.pdf |
| 10. | Vocational Education | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Vocational-education.pdf |
| 11. | Social Science | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Bridge_Month_Program/Grade6/BMP_Grade-6-Social_Science.pdf |
All the Principals/Heads of schools affiliated to CBSE are requested to disseminate this information amongst their teachers and encourage them to go through these documents for making themselves conversant with the changes in order to create holistic learning environment for their students as envisioned in NEP 2020.
