Page 6 - Understanding NCERT Science 09

RATIONALISATION OF CONTENT IN THE TEXTBOOK

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to reduce content load on
students. The National Education Policy 2020, also emphasises reducing the
content load and providing opportunities for experiential learning with creative

mindset. In this backdrop, the NCERT has undertaken the exercise to rationalise
the textbooks across all classes. Learning Outcomes already developed by the
NCERT across classes have been taken into consideration in this exercise.

Contents of the textbooks have been rationalised in view of the following:

• Overlapping with similar content included in other subject areas in the
same class

• Similar content included in the lower or higher class in the same subject
• Difficulty level
• Content, which is easily accessible to students without much interventions
from teachers and can be learned by children through self-learning or
peer-learning

• Content, which is irrelevant in the present context

This present edition, is a reformatted version after carrying out the changes

given above.

Rationalised 2023-24