<p>The Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) has submitted a memorandum to the state education department, demanding the state revise its textbooks, failing which they would seek a legal remedy in the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They sought the government revise the textbooks of the state syllabus so that it be on par with the NCERT textbooks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The textbooks being used at present are not as per the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Giving examples from an analysis of the textbooks conducted by NCERT, the association has said that the textbooks are not learner-centric.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For instance, the analysis pointed out that the Mathematics textbooks for Class V did not have enough examples of real-life applications of concepts they were learning. Concepts in the Science textbooks are not introduced at the appropriate age level, encouraging rote learning. Activities are too classroom-centric and don't encourage exploring outside the classroom, the analysis said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state syllabus textbooks for the 2017-18 academic year were revised by a committee headed by scholar, Baraguru Ramachandrappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on these observations, KAMS has said that 'it is devastating to know that the books are substandard and not par with the recommendation of NCERT'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said that providing poor quality textbooks amounts to violation of a child's rights as students will not be able to face competition from their peers studying in other boards.</p>
<p>The Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) has submitted a memorandum to the state education department, demanding the state revise its textbooks, failing which they would seek a legal remedy in the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They sought the government revise the textbooks of the state syllabus so that it be on par with the NCERT textbooks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The textbooks being used at present are not as per the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Giving examples from an analysis of the textbooks conducted by NCERT, the association has said that the textbooks are not learner-centric.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For instance, the analysis pointed out that the Mathematics textbooks for Class V did not have enough examples of real-life applications of concepts they were learning. Concepts in the Science textbooks are not introduced at the appropriate age level, encouraging rote learning. Activities are too classroom-centric and don't encourage exploring outside the classroom, the analysis said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state syllabus textbooks for the 2017-18 academic year were revised by a committee headed by scholar, Baraguru Ramachandrappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on these observations, KAMS has said that 'it is devastating to know that the books are substandard and not par with the recommendation of NCERT'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said that providing poor quality textbooks amounts to violation of a child's rights as students will not be able to face competition from their peers studying in other boards.</p>
