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NCERT announces 20 per cent cut in textbook prices for classes 9 to 12 from next academic year
1 week, 2 days ago

NCERT announces 20 per cent cut in textbook prices for classes 9 to 12 from next academic year

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training announced on Monday a 20 per cent reduction in textbook prices for classes 9 to 12, effective from the upcoming academic year. Making the announcement, NCERT Director, Dinesh Prasad Saklani, said, “This is the first time that the price of textbooks has been significantly reduced.” He was speaking at the …

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Qualifying tests no longer open doors to upliftment
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Qualifying tests no longer open doors to upliftment

New Indian Express  

The battle isn’t to the strong, nor the race to the swift’—these words from the Bible have suddenly acquired poignancy in the context of ‘paper leaks’ and cancellation of ‘competitive tests’ like NET-JRF and CSIR-NET after allegations of the process having been compromised. The New Education Policy, 2020, creates a mirage of transforming India into a knowledge superpower in a …

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'Bharat', 'India' To Be Used Interchangeably In Textbooks: NCERT Chief
6 months, 1 week ago

'Bharat', 'India' To Be Used Interchangeably In Textbooks: NCERT Chief

ABP News  

New Delhi: "Bharat" and "India" will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks, aligning with the terminology used in the country's Constitution, National Council of Educational Research and Training Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said. The NCERT chief told PTI that both the words will be used in the books and the council has no aversion to either "Bharat" or "India". A …

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NCERT working as RSS arm, assaulting Constitution: Jairam Ramesh over textbook revision row
6 months, 1 week ago

NCERT working as RSS arm, assaulting Constitution: Jairam Ramesh over textbook revision row

The Hindu  

The Congress on June 17 accused the National Council for Educational Research and Training of working as an “affiliate” of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh amid the controversy over revision of NCERT text books. NCERT’s objective is to produce textbooks, not political pamphlets and propaganda,” Mr. Ramesh alleged. The Congress leader charged the NCERT of “mounting an assault on our country’s …

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NCERT chief says changes in textbook on Ayodhya dispute as per Supreme Court order
6 months, 1 week ago

NCERT chief says changes in textbook on Ayodhya dispute as per Supreme Court order

The Hindu  

Three months after the National Council of Educational Research and Training dropped references from multiple places of the Babri Masjid demolition and given added emphasis to the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple movement in its Class 12 political science textbook, NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani said changes were made by experts as books did not want to create “violent, depressed” citizens. The NCERT …

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Evening briefing: NCERT chief responds to tweak in textbooks; respite from heatwave likely after June 19; and more
6 months, 1 week ago

Evening briefing: NCERT chief responds to tweak in textbooks; respite from heatwave likely after June 19; and more

Hindustan Times  

NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani has firmly rejected accusations of ‘saffronisation’ following the release of revised school textbooks that included numerous deletions and changes. NCERT has made new revisions to its textbooks The India Meteorological Department has forecasted that heat wave to severe heat wave conditions will persist in many parts of North India for the next three days before …

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‘Why should we teach about riots in schools?': NCERT chief on tweaks in textbooks
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Why should we teach about riots in schools?': NCERT chief on tweaks in textbooks

Hindustan Times  

National Council of Educational Research Training director Dinesh Prasad Saklani on Sunday rejected charges of ‘saffronisation’ of school curriculum, after revised textbooks with numerous deletion and changes hit the market. Saklani, who took over as NCERT director in 2022, said references to Babri Masjid demolition and 2002 Gujarat riots can “create violent and depressed citizens”, a PTI report added. National …

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History taught to inform about facts, not to make schools battleground, says NCERT Director
6 months, 1 week ago

History taught to inform about facts, not to make schools battleground, says NCERT Director

India TV News  

Amid the accusations of the saffronoisation of the NCERT curriculum triggered by the changes in textbooks, council’s director Dinesh Prasad Saklani on Sunday denounced such claims and said that the history is taught to the students to know about facts, not to make the school a battleground. On the modification of the reference to the Bari masjid demolition and Gujarat …

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HP High Court Convicts HPSEBL Law Officer For Contempt, Sentences Him To Civil Imprisonment Till Rising Of Court
7 months, 1 week ago

HP High Court Convicts HPSEBL Law Officer For Contempt, Sentences Him To Civil Imprisonment Till Rising Of Court

Live Law  

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday convicted a Law Officer of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board for contempt of court. Vardhman Ispat Udyog had obtained a stay order from the High Court on the operation of the Ombudsman's order. Vardhman Ispat Udyog then initiated contempt proceedings against Mr. Saklani, arguing that his actions amounted to a deliberate violation …

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Shilpa Saklani says OTT's bold element 'makes her uncomfortable': I don’t like to go beyond a hug
10 months, 1 week ago

Shilpa Saklani says OTT's bold element 'makes her uncomfortable': I don’t like to go beyond a hug

Hindustan Times  

Actor Shilpa Saklani agrees that actors have a “shelf-life” because audience needs a change. Everybody needs a change, be it the audience or the actor,” Saklani, who’s been in the business for nearly 25 years, tells us. The actor reveals though she hasn’t seen the iconic Ramayan by Ramanand Sagar properly, she took up the role because “Kaikeyi the most …

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Shrimad Ramayan’s Shilpa Saklani Has This To Say About Her Character Kaikeyi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shrimad Ramayan’s Shilpa Saklani Has This To Say About Her Character Kaikeyi

News 18  

Retellings of the epic saga Ramayana of television have been very popular over decades. Warrior, diplomat, and the most favoured queen; there’s so much more to Kaikeyi than just being a negative character.” As per the epic, Kaikeyi will be seen playing a pivotal role in Lord Rama’s 14 year exile. Meanwhile, the current track of Shrimad Ramayan is focussed …

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‘Too premature to comment’: NCERT on reports on move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in books
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Too premature to comment’: NCERT on reports on move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in books

Hindustan Times  

NCERT on Wednesday said that "it is too premature to comment" on reports in sections of media concerning changing 'India' to 'Bharat' in its textbooks and noted that development of new syllabus and textbooks is in the process for which groups of domain experts are being notified by it. NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani denied reports that the the proposal …

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'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports about move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in textbooks
1 year, 1 month ago

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports about move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in textbooks

Firstpost  

NCERT said that since ’the development of new syllabus and textbooks is in the process and for that purpose various Curricular Area Groups of domain experts are being notified so it is too premature to comment on the news being flashed in the media on the concerned issue' NCERT on Wednesday said that “it is too premature to comment” on …

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6-ft hole in a Joshimath field sparks fresh fears
1 year, 5 months ago

6-ft hole in a Joshimath field sparks fresh fears

Hindustan Times  

Dehradun: A 6-ft deep hole has appeared in a field in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, according to an eyewitness, sparking fresh fears of geological instability due to the monsoon rains in the pilgrim gateway town where hundreds of families had to be evacuated to safer locations in January after several houses developed dangerous cracks. It appears to have been …

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NCERT Textbook Row | 33 academicians ask to remove their names from textbooks
1 year, 6 months ago

NCERT Textbook Row | 33 academicians ask to remove their names from textbooks

The Hindu  

Days after Yogesh Yadav and Suhas Palshikar, advisors for National Council For Educational Research and Training, distanced themselves from the “rationalised” political science textbooks, 33 academics from prestigious colleges across India, who were on the textbook development committee, wrote to the NCERT Director D.P. It further stated, “The decision of who decides what is unacceptable and what is desirable has …

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‘Creative Collective Effort in Jeopardy’: Now, 33 NCERT Textbook Authors Want Their Names Removed
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Creative Collective Effort in Jeopardy’: Now, 33 NCERT Textbook Authors Want Their Names Removed

News 18  

Thirty-three authors, who wrote different chapters of the NCERT textbooks in 2005-07, have shot off a letter to the council’s director asking their names to be removed, saying their collective effort is now in “jeopardy”. We are now given to believe that this creative collective effort is in jeopardy,” the letter to NCERT director DP Saklani stated. Last week, Yadav …

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Rationalisation has ‘mutilated’ books: Chief advisers to NCERT
1 year, 6 months ago

Rationalisation has ‘mutilated’ books: Chief advisers to NCERT

Hindustan Times  

A rationalisation process carried out by the National Council of Educational Research and Training has “mutilated” textbooks “beyond recognition” and rendered them “academically dysfunctional”, Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav told the council while opting out as chief advisers for political science books for classes 9 to 12. Palshikar and Yadav also said that “as academics organically associated with the preparation …

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NCERT advisors demand their names to be dropped from 'mutiliated' political science textbooks
1 year, 6 months ago

NCERT advisors demand their names to be dropped from 'mutiliated' political science textbooks

India Today  

In a strong statement against the recent cuts and deletions in the NCERT political science textbooks, the chief advisors to the original books for Classes 9 to 12, have urged the National Council for Educational Research and Training to remove their names from the textbooks. If NCERT did consult other experts for deciding on these cuts and deletions, we explicitly …

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Maulana Azad goes missing from NCERT textbook. How has the chapter been revised?
1 year, 8 months ago

Maulana Azad goes missing from NCERT textbook. How has the chapter been revised?

Live Mint  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training in India has come under criticism after removing references to freedom fighter and India's first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad from the class 11 political science textbook. In the revised textbook, references to Azad's name have been omitted from the constituent assembly committee meetings, and a paragraph regarding Jammu and Kashmir's …

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The Mughal History Needs Narration, This Time Matter-Of-Factly - News18
1 year, 8 months ago

The Mughal History Needs Narration, This Time Matter-Of-Factly - News18

News 18  

As part of its “syllabus rationalisation” process last year, the National Council of Educational Research and Training deleted various elements of the syllabus from its class 12 textbooks, citing “overlapping” and “irrelevant” reasons, including teachings on Mughal courts, and it stirred a hornet’s nest, goading for an objective debate on the subject. “Bahmani sultans in central India killed a hundred …

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Changes made in books to reduce the burden on students: NCERT
1 year, 8 months ago

Changes made in books to reduce the burden on students: NCERT

Hindustan Times  

Certain topics detailing the circumstances around Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination were among those removed from Class 12 textbooks last year as part of syllabus cuts meant to lower the burden on students wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Council of Educational Research and Training said on Wednesday. HT Image The clarification came in response to a report in the Indian …

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'History will be Sorted, Wait for NEP 2020': NCERT Chief Amid Uproar on Key Deletions in School Books
1 year, 8 months ago

'History will be Sorted, Wait for NEP 2020': NCERT Chief Amid Uproar on Key Deletions in School Books

News 18  

A day after new NCERT history and other textbooks came into question as several chapters and references to certain topics were left out, the council’s head Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani called the row over it “useless”. Whatever opinion was given by experts must be adhered to.” Speaking specifically on the chapter on Mughal era courts being dropped from the syllabus, …

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OPINION | UNNECESSARY ROW OVER NCERT SYLLABUS
1 year, 8 months ago

OPINION | UNNECESSARY ROW OVER NCERT SYLLABUS

India TV News  

NCERT SYLLABUS row : There has been an unnecessary row in academic circles over removal of certain chapters relating to Mughal history from NCERT syllabus. From Class XI syllabus, chapters like Central Islamic Lands, Confrontation of Cultures and The Industrial Revolution were removed, from Class XII Civic book chapters like Rise of Popular Movements and Era of One-Party Dominance were …

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NCERT chief denies dropping chapters on Mughals, says ‘rationalisation…’
1 year, 8 months ago

NCERT chief denies dropping chapters on Mughals, says ‘rationalisation…’

Hindustan Times  

After the National Council of Educational Research and Training decision to drop chapters on Mughal history sparked controversy, the education body's chief has now issued a clarification. Calling the debate unnecessary, the NCERT director said the expert committee recommended that if the chapter was dropped, it will not affect the knowledge of the children and an ‘unnecessary burden’ can be …

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