The Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Wednesday launched more than 100 curriculum-based comic books aligned to chapters of NCERT textbooks. More than 1000 teachers from CBSE-affiliated schools have helped in making comic books.

These books are created by the teachers of CBSE-affiliated schools and have been designed by NCERT based on its curriculum. The aim of this initiative is to increase the social and cultural sensitivity among children through teaching.

The comics can be accessed online on the DIKSHA web portal (diksha.gov.in) or via the DIKSHA app on any android Smartphone. Students can also access the comics through a new WhatsApp powered Chatbot, which presents an opportunity to expand the scope of digital learning.

As per CBSE, the comic books have “ushered in a transformation of education to personalized learning, as 21st-century schooling focuses on knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and transformative competencies that create holistic learners.”

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Key Features of NCERT Comic Books

The comics designed by teachers are aligned with the topics of NCERT textbooks and have specific storyline and characters to which students and teachers can relate to.

Each comic has been divided into smaller topics supported by worksheets and it dovetails with the learning objectives and outcomes.

Comics are created in a linear progression which will help to understand basic concepts and decrease the learning gaps.

Further, while deconstructing the academic content; care has been taken to address issues of gender sensitivity, women empowerment, value education among other life skills.

CBSE has informed that this step has been taken in line with the National Education Policy- NEP 2020 to bring a shift from textbook learning to ensuring conceptual clarity among the students.

The National Education Policy 2020 envisions a shift from textbook learning to understanding concepts and making connections with real-world/day-to-day activities. 

NEP also provides further impetus to all creative and out of the box thinking than rote learning. Hence, in this context, comic books aligned to chapters of NCERT textbooks across grades 3-12 have been developed as innovative pedagogical resources. The comic books have been developed by the faculties of Scholastic (language), Fine Art, Performing Arts and Information Technology across 12 States/UTs – Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttarakhand.

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