The document summarizes the report titled "Learning Without Burden" submitted by the Yashpal Committee to the Indian government in 1993. The committee, chaired by Professor Yashpal, studied the prevalent school curricula and textbooks in India. The report identified several problems with the curriculum load on students, including joyless learning, an excessive focus on examinations, and treating textbooks as the sole source of truth. It also examined the roots of these problems, such as the isolation of experts developing curricula from classroom realities. The report recommended greater involvement of teachers in curriculum development and reducing homework and tests for young students.

1. LEARNING WITHOUT
BURDEN

2.  The Human Resources development minister in
1992, constituted and eight members committee
under the chairmanship of professor Yashpal
called national advisory committee properly
called after the name of its chairman.
 The committee chiefly studied the prevalent
curricula and textbook as constructed by NCERT
and CBSE.
 July 15, 1993 the commission render to report
titled LEARNING WITHOUT BURDEN to the govt.

3. FIVE PARTS OF REPORT
First Part: Introduction-it explains the
objectives of constitute of the committee and
discuss its method of working.
Second Part: Problem of Curricula load. It
discuss the prevalent school education and
its problem.
Third Part: Roots of the Problem.
 Fourth Part: Recommendation – Solution of
the Problem.
Fifth Part: Appendix.

4. EVALUATION OF YASHPAL
COMMITTEE
This report is lack of clarity and logical
sequence.
 No member of committee had any
experience of teaching at school level, it
was the reason that it could understand
neither the nature of problem not its
causes nor it could suggest any
worthwhile solution.

5. PROBLEM OF CURRICULUM
LOAD
Joyless Learning
Examination System
Textbook as the ‘TRUTH’
Language Textbooks
Observation Discourage
Structure of Syllabus
Teaching Everything
Starting Early
Not Just an Urban Problem

6. ROOTS OF PROBLEM
Knowledge v/s Information
Isolation of Experts from
Classroom Realties
Centralised Character
Convention of ‘Teaching the Text’
Competition Based Social Ethos
Absence of Academic Ethos

7. RECOMMENDATION OF
COMMITTEE
Greater involvement of teachers in
framing curriculum and preparing of
textbook.
Test or interview for admission in pre-
school should not be perform.
Homework should not be there and
project work at primary stage.
Extensive use of audio video material and
enforcing teacher pupil ratio 1:40.