How The New National Curriculum Framework Plans To Deal With Fear Of Maths

The NCF, which is being drafted according to the new National Education Policy (NEP), also notes there are two major aspects that cause fear of mathematics -- the nature of the subject and how it is being taught and how it is being perceived in the society.

Mathematics should be integrated with arts, sports and language to make the subject more creative and aesthetic for school students which has traditionally been more "robotic" and "algorithmic", according to the draft National Curriculum Framework (NCF).

The draft also emphasises on taking measures to address fear of mathematics among students and to break prevalent social beliefs that girls are not adept at maths and upper caste have better computational abilities.

The NCF, which is being drafted according to the new National Education Policy (NEP), also notes there are two major aspects that cause fear of mathematics -- the nature of the subject and how it is being taught and how it is being perceived in the society.

According to education ministry officials, the draft which is final stages will be put in public domain soon for feedback from stakeholders and the new system will be implemented from 2024 academic session. The NCF was last revised in 2005.