Telangana Thalli image, State official song to be part of school textbooks

The process for printing the textbooks has recently commenced, the bilingual textbooks concept is being retained for the forthcoming academic year.

Hyderabad: The newly designed Telangana Thalli image along with the State official song ‘Jaya Jayahe Telangana’ will be part of the State board textbooks with the State government deciding to print them for the next academic year.

School Education director EV Narasimha Reddy said the State government recently approved the new Telangana Thalli image besides the State official song and they would be printed in the textbooks for the academic year 2025-26.

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The process for printing the textbooks has recently commenced, he said, adding that the bilingual textbooks concept is being retained for the forthcoming academic year.

To be available in two languages i.e., Telugu and English or Urdu and English or Hindi and English, the textbooks will help non-English medium students transition to English medium besides helping them better understand and learn topics with ease.

Meanwhile, the School Education department is working to bring major changes in the State board curriculum. The new curriculum, which will be aligned with National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF) 2023, for all classes will come into force from the academic year 2026-27.

To be done in a phased manner, the non-languages-Mathematics, Sciences, and Social Sciences syllabus is being changed first followed by languages Telugu, Hindi, Urdu and English.

As per the new framework, social science will have 20 per cent content at local level, 30 per cent at regional level and 30 per cent at national level and 20 per cent at the international level.

Divided into four stages – foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary – the NCF 2023 focuses on holistic development, equity and inclusion, curriculum flexibility, integration of technology, environmental consciousness among other areas.

It emphasizes competency-based education, multidisciplinary learning, continuous assessment, local context and culture, and teacher empowerment among other areas. The last curriculum revision was done based on the NCF – 2005 in 2015.