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Around 19 school boards from 14 states have adopted or adapted the books. [11] Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11]
In February 2008, Krishna Kumar, then the director of NCERT, also discussed the challenges faced by the document in an interview. [8] The subjects of NCF 2005 include all educational institutions in India. A number of its recommendations, for example, focus on rural schools.
The second quadrant is an e-content which could include e-books, illustrations, Case studies, Open source content, reference links, further reading sources, etc. [12] The third quadrant is about clearing students' queries where students can interact with each other and faculty; any student or faculty can answer a student’s question.
The syllabus of Social Sciences, which covers History, Geography, Political Science, and Economics, had 24 chapters in Class IX as compared to 15 each in Science and Mathematics. Similarly, Class X Social Sciences had 28 chapters as compared to 16 each in Science and Mathematics.
[8] In the United States, the largest textbook publishers are Pearson Education, Cengage, McGraw-Hill Education, and Wiley. Together they control 90% of market revenue. [9] Another textbook publisher is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [10] The market for textbooks does not reflect classic supply and demand because of agency problems. [11]
However, according to former Indian science and technology minister Kapil Sibal, India is lagging in science and technology compared to developed countries. [4] India has only 140 researchers per 1,000,000 population, compared to 4,651 in the United States. [4] India invested US$3.7 billion in science and technology in 2002–2003. [5]
A critical development in 2011 has been the decision taken in principle to extend the right to education till Class X (age 16) [17] and into the preschool age range. [18] However, the government's more recent policy focus has been on the introduction of a new National Education Policy instead of an extension of the Act.
K.C. Nag's books from class 4–12 are the books which the students aspiring to excel in every walk of life had depended on at some time or other for the past three generations. Tridibesh formed a board consisting of eminent professors, school teachers, examiners, and successful students in order to revise the book from time to time.