Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- As a follow-up to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has undertaken the development of new textbooks across stages and subject areas in alignment with the recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023.

NCERT has issued an advisory in this regard on Tuesday.

As per the advisory, the new NCERT textbooks for Grades 1 to 8 have been developed and are available in both print and digital formats.

The new textbooks for Grade 9 are under development and will be made available for use from the academic session 2026-27 onwards. The draft syllabi for Grade 9, based on the recommendations of NCF-SE 2023, have ...