BOOK SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 2005 : TOWARDS LEARNING WITHOUTH BURDEN
AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION - AN EVALUATION
The book attempts to provide a brief but constructive and critical analysis of
the observations and recommendations contained in National Curriculum
Framework-2005, formulated by the steering committee set up by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development, Government of India under the chairmanship of Prof.
Yash Pal. Since the focus on educational reforms is in the light of the document
'Learning Without Burden' (1993), its main recommendations with their evaluation
by the group constituted by the MHRD are incorporated for ready reference of the
readers. The main characteristics of