NCERT conducts 5-day workshop to make Class 3 English textbook more accessible

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has conducted a 5-day workshop on making the English textbook, Santoor for class 3 more inclusive and accessible.

The workshop was held by Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), which is a constituent unit of the NCERT. It was held from August 25 to 29, 2025.

Aimed at accessible feature mapping of the textbook based in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), the NCERT said that every student, including Children with Special Needs (CwSN) should have access, understanding, and engagement with the new learning materials effectively.

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According to Bharti Kaushil, programme coordinator, CIET NCERT, the workshop has been a collective effort to “re-think and reshape how textbooks in schools can become more inclusive.”

“Textbooks are not just repositories of knowledge; they are bridges to learning,” Rajendra Patel, head, MDP, CIET, NCERT, said in an official statement.

Amarendra Begera, head, planning and research division, CIET, NCERT, after attending the workshop said that marking textbooks accessible is not only about redesigning pages, it's also about redesigning opportunities.

“Together, we move a step closer to creating classrooms where No child is left behind as envisioned by NEP 2020,” the NCERT’s official statement reads.

Recently, the NCERT introduced two modules for middle and secondary school students on the partition of India. Several associations, including the Indian History Congress (IHC) criticised the new modules on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.’