West Bengal will soon sign an MoU with NCERT to support the implementation of NEP 2020, School Education Minister Dipak Barman said. The pact will provide teacher orientation and academic guidance. Barman said the state was behind schedule in NEP rollout but working to complete the process. He also urged private schools to update student data on UDISE+.

West Bengal: West Bengal is working towards full implementation of the NEP 2020 and will soon sign a pact with the NCERT for teacher support, state School Education Minister Dipak Barman said on Monday. Speaking at a state-level workshop attended by district inspectors of schools and other education department officials from across the state at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, Barman said the state was "somewhat behind" in implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and efforts were underway to complete the process expeditiously.

NCERT support for teachers

He said the state was also preparing to sign an MoU with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to facilitate orientation programmes for teachers and provide technical and academic guidance for implementing the new education framework. "Through the MoU, NCERT will guide us. They will help us address the difficulties in implementation, from technical issues to taking the framework down to the school level," the minister said.

Barman said the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) would guide the preparation of textbooks and curriculum, including what students would be taught, how they would be taught and how their learning would be assessed.