NCF Introduction: Get the Big Picture

New to the National Curriculum Framework for School Education? Start here for the big picture, then choose the chapter that connects with your classroom or school role.

What you’ll find

The introduction is a useful first stop before exploring the framework’s five parts. Read it alongside the summary to build a shared starting point for discussion.

Try this with your team

What would make the framework useful in our school? Ask each colleague to bring one classroom question. Keep those questions beside you as you read, and note which chapter you would explore next.

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Keep exploring

NCF-SE 2023 chapter extract · Complete framework (NCERT) · All NCF chapters