Open AccessEVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF WESTERN REGION OF INDIA IN THE LIGHT OF NCF
Author(s) -
Jagdish Joshi Prof.Dr.,
Jaydip Savaliya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
towards excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-035X
DOI - 10.37867/te120511
Subject(s) - curriculum , national curriculum , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , medical education , sociology , medicine
It is believed that the textbook is a significant medium in the present education system.Textbook is one of the proven authoritative sources to establish values in students in the elementary stage. Students are mostly depended on the textbook at this stage. So it is necessary, the textbook should be a complete package which develops students’ life in all strata of life. NCERT developed NCF in 1975 following the recommendation of Education Policy on 1968. NCERT develops National Curriculum Framework which provides guidelines for developing textbooks and school curriculum. NCF-2005 prepared by NCERT discusses a wide range of issues related school education. So evaluate the textbooks of English of upper primary schools of western region of India in the light of NCF 2005. Textbooks are in the regional mediums. Textbooks of English are assessed with the reference of NCF-2005. English textbooks have almost all the qualities or as per the NCF2005’s suggestion except one parameters. Out of all the textbooks of five states, there is no any activity which is based on “Peace’. Authors found that said textbooks are decent and team of textbook preparation work properly to follow NCF. All the states are followed NCF above 87%. It is a good score