Gujarat board textbooks to be revised; road safety, organic farming to be part of curriculum

Gandhinagar: From the upcoming academic year, Gujarat board textbooks of 6 classes from class 1 to 12 will undergo changes. Specifically, a new chapter focusing on road safety will be incorporated into the social science textbook for class 10. The Gujarati language textbook for class 12 will also include this new chapter. Textbooks for various subjects in classes 5 to 8 are slated for revisions. At present, the Textbook Board is engaged in preparing all the new textbooks, and the printing of these educational materials is set to commence shortly.

The government introduces new chapters into school textbooks to ensure that children stay updated with the changing times, facilitating their acquisition of knowledge in emerging subjects. Considering the prevailing trends in subjects like road safety and organic farming, these topics are gradually finding their place in the curriculum. Moreover, chapters related to new subjects introduced under the new education policy will be included in the upcoming textbooks.

Standard – Subject – Newly Added Topics

– St. 12 – Gujarati – Road Safety
– St. 10 – Social Science – Road Safety, Organic Farming
– St. 8 – Gujarati – Second language book will change
– St. 7 – Mathematical Sciences – Textbook
– St. 7 – Gujarati – First language book will change
– St. 6 – Gujarati – All books will change
– St. 6 – Sanskrit – All books will change
– St. 5 – English – Second language book will change

According to the Textbook Association, the process of preparing writing material for a textbook and bringing it to the market in book form typically takes eight months to a year. The association specifies that, in the case of language books, articles need to be drafted, whereas in other subjects, entire books must be prepared. Following a thorough examination of the content by the advisory committee and undergoing language corrections, the book is sent for printing.

Maths-Science textbooks will be available in Gujarati and English languages. Within these books, terminological words will be presented in brackets in English, alongside Gujarati, to provide students with information about the pronunciation of English words along with their Gujarati counterparts.