Collins India announces its new Catalogue for the 2024 School Season

Collins, the education publishing division of HarperCollins India, today announced the launch of a full set of educational resources aligned with the vision of the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) and the National Curriculum Frameworks 2022 and 2023 (NCF) catering to foundational, preparatory, and middle stages of school education.

Furthering the objective of the NCF for Foundational Stage to nurture and develop a child’s innate abilities across the five domains of physical, cognitive, socio-emotional and ethical, language and literacy, and cultural and aesthetic development, Collins has published Collins Smart Start, a full-fledged learning programme for children of the age group 3 to 8 years (Nursery to Class 2). The series aims to develop early literacy and numeracy, including learning about the alphabet, languages, numbers, counting, colours, shapes, drawing/painting, indoor and outdoor play, puzzles and logical thinking, general awareness, art, craft, music, and movement through a rich collection of colourful worksheets, divided into two terms for ease of use, and engaging digital resources.

The publishing programme also includes a brand-new English language learning course, English Expert for grades 1 to 8 that helps in developing the 3Hs – Curious Heads, Skilled Hands and Compassionate Hearts through carefully curated, literature-rich content, interspersed with experiential activities and assessments for learning. The series comes with language companions and supplementary readers for all grades.

Dimensions is a new course in Mathematics that follows the innovative Experience, Language, Pictorial, Symbols and Application (ELPSA) approach to promote proficiency and mastery in mathematics in students of grades 1 to 8.

Senses is a new course in Environmental Science for grades 1 to 5, which adheres to the seven curricular goals and twenty-five competencies identified in the NCF with a focus on developing 21st century learning skills and values to connect social, cultural, and scientific concepts with real-life situations and scenarios.

Windmills Plus, one of the best-selling semester courses from Collins, is completely revised to meet the requirements of the NCF in providing young learners with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to their educational journey during their foundational and preparatory stages.

Enhanced Science Now for grades 6 to 8 is fully revised to develop a scientific temper in students in accordance with the changes suggested in the NCF. The series includes enhanced features, such as Cognitive Corner, Life Skills, Worksheets (focusing on SDGs and India’s diverse knowledge systems) and a Supplementary Booklet that contains STEAM Activities, Skills You Need, Happiness Activity Sheets, Vernacular Names, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Assessments (MCQ questions tagged with difficulty levels, Bloom’s taxonomy and science learning skills), to foster experiential learning, innovative thinking, and creativity.

Collins’ flagship series, Collins English Grammar and Composition, has been enhanced with SAFAL worksheets and ready reckoners. Our existing course in Hindi, Aarambh, has been extended up to the middle stage (grades 6 to 8) aligned with the NCF’s recommendation to include Indian languages.

In its third year now, Collins Infinity, the blended learning solution from Collins, has been updated with all the latest NCF-mapped curricula books, workbooks, and assessment tools.

Rohit Dhar, Publisher – Collins India, said, ‘I am thrilled to announce the expansion of our catalogue with the addition of a wide range of new books across K-8 levels. While working on this list, we have maintained our engagement with best of education enthusiasts, be it authors, teachers, editors, or reviewers to offer solutions suited best to the needs of changing landscape in teaching and learning practices. One of the distinct features of our front list titles is the inclusion of curricular goals, mapped to respective competencies as outlined by the new NCF 2023. The Collins DigiSuite App, available with all the courses published, will make learning more meaningful and engaging. Students will get access to rich multimedia content in the form of animations, audio, and interactive exercises. Teachers will have access to all the resources available for students plus exclusive resource materials in the form of lesson plans, answer keys, additional worksheets, and tools to create assessment papers.”

About Collins

Collins is celebrating its 10th anniversary in India this year, continuing its 200 years of legacy in publishing educational and informative books globally. Throughout this rich heritage it has maintained an impressive record in creating market-leading products across various sectors. As the educational publishing division of HarperCollins Publishers and one of the fastest growing companies in the K12 segment in India, Collins continues to deliver up-to-date and engaging student resources and exceptional teacher support to help schools tackle new initiatives and utilise the latest technology. The Collins catalogue includes print and digital resources catering to CBSE, ICSE, State Board and International curricula, with state-of-the-art blended learning programme – Collins Infinity – being adopted by leading schools across the country. Visit www.collins.in to view the complete list of Collins resources.

For more information, please contact Rageshree Niyogi – Director, Marketing at Collins India, a division of HarperCollins India at Rageshree.Niyogi@harpercollins.co.in.