The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005, recommends that children's life at school must be linked to their life outside the school. This principle marks a departure from the legacy of bookish learning which continues to shape our system and causes a gap between the school, home and community. The syllabi and textbooks developed on the basis of NCF signify an attempt to implement this basic idea. They also attempt to discourage rote learning and the maintenance of sharp boundaries between different subject areas. We hope these measures will take us significantly further in the direction of a child-centred system of education outlined in the National Policy on Education (1986)
India People and Economy – this is a Geography Textbook for the students of std XII belonging to the Humanities stream. Published by NCERT, this book is based on the guidelines and syllabus outlined by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The topics are well covered and written in a lucid language so that students find them easy to understand