The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will release its new Class 9 textbooks, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023, for the academic year 2026–27 by April 15, NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said.
Most of the Class 9 textbooks are currently in the printing stage, and the process was delayed due to extensive consultations among experts involved in their development.
Around 4,000 experts are involved in writing the new textbooks, a significant increase from the earlier practice of one person or a small group of two to four authors.
NCERT has already released the new textbooks for Classes 1 to 8, and the remaining Class 9 textbooks are expected to be released between April 10 and 15.
The update on the release of textbooks follows a crucial NCERT advisory issued on March 17, which said that while Class 9 shifts to the new NCF-aligned books from the academic year 2026–27, students in Classes 10 and 11 will be introduced to them from the academic session 2027–28 onwards.
