CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) is the fourth National Curriculum Framework published in 2005 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -In September 2021, the Union Ministry of Education constituted a 12-member national steering committee to develop a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in line with the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP).

Detailed explanation-3: -Fi-nally National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education 2009 was developed by an expert committee comprising of eminent scholars, teacher educators, teachers, representatives of NGOs, faculty of RIEs, NCERT, SCERTs, DIETs, IASEs, CTEs, University departments of education, state departments of education etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -The NCF 2005 serves as a guideline for syllabus, textbooks, and teaching practices for the schools in India. The NCF 2005as based its policies on previous government reports on education, such as Learning Without Burden and National Policy of Education 1986–1992, and focus group discussion.