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t extbooks In view of the COVID- pandemic, it is imperative to reduce content load on students. The National Education Policy , also emphasises reducing the content load and providing opportunities for experiential learning with creative mindset. In this background, the NCERT has undertaken the exercise to rationalise the textbooks across all classes. Learning Outcomes already developed by the NCERT across classes have been taken into consideration in this exercise. Contents of the textbooks have been rationalised in view of the following: • Content based on genres of literature in the textbooks and supplementary readers at different stages of school education • Content that is meant for achieving Learning Outcomes for developing language proficiency and is accessible at different stages • For reducing the curriculum load and examination stress in view of the previling condition of the Pandemic • Content, which is easily accessible to students without much interventions from teachers and can be learned by children through self-learning or peer-learning • Content, which is irrelevant in the present context This present edition, is a reformatted version after carrying out the changes given above.