Prayagraj: In a move to upgrade the quality of education in Uttar Pradesh’s govt schools, the state’s basic education department is implementing the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) curriculum in its primary and upper primary schools.Currently, the NCERT curriculum was fully customised and introduced in Class 3 across approximately 1.57 lakh schools, with the process being tailored to suit the regional context of Uttar Pradesh from the academic session 2025-26.This strategic reform affects around 1.11 lakh primary schools and nearly 45,000 upper primary schools . Textbooks for Class 3 have been already dispatched to various districts and are being distributed to all schools in a phased manner.As part of the next phase of this reform, the state is now preparing to implement the NCERT curriculum in Class 4 starting from the 2026-27 academic session. The subjects selected for customisation include Mathematics, Hindi, Urdu, and ‘Hamāra Adbhut Sansār’ (Our Wonderful World – a social studies subject). Textbooks for Class 4 english-medium subjects are currently under review. For Hindi-medium schools, only the Hindi and Social Studies books were made available so far.Once the customisation is completed, the updated textbooks will be submitted to the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) for review and approval. Following this, they will be published and distributed well ahead of the new academic session to ensure that students receive the materials on time.It is important to note that although seven NCERT textbooks are typically taught in Class 4, subjects like Physical Education and Art are currently not offered in most council-run schools. Therefore, these will not be included in the curriculum at this stage.This phased implementation marks a pivotal step in standardising education across Uttar Pradesh and aligning it more closely with national academic standards, while ensuring regional relevance through customised content.