NCERT working as RSS arm, assaulting Constitution: Jairam Ramesh over textbook revision row
9 months, 2 weeks 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 Constitution in whose Preamble secularism features explicitly as a foundational pillar of the Indian republic”. Why hide the truth from students?” Mr. Gokhale asked in a post on X The comments by Opposition leaders come amid changes including removal of certain events like the Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition from the NCERT school textbooks.

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NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan
Top News
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NCERT textbooks to cost less from 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks for some classes will cost less from next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday. Dharmendra Pradhan also mentioned that new textbooks based on the updated curriculum for classes 9-12 will be introduced in the 2026-27 academic session. "In the next academic year, NCERT will publish 15 crore quality …

MP govt orders to incorporate books authored by RSS leaders into curriculum of colleges
7 months, 2 weeks ago

MP govt orders to incorporate books authored by RSS leaders into curriculum of colleges

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party-led Madhya Pradesh government issued a directive regarding incorporating books authored by leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh into the curriculum of colleges across the state. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on August 6 dubbed the allegation that the Preamble to the Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks as baseless. The comments from the education minister came …

NCERT faces criticism for omitting Preamble to Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks
7 months, 4 weeks ago

NCERT faces criticism for omitting Preamble to Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The National Council for Educational Research and Training has come under fire for dropping the Preamble to the Constitution from Class III and VI textbooks. She emphasised on Monday that the new textbooks give significant importance to various aspects of the Indian Constitution, including the preamble, fundamental duties, fundamental rights, and the national anthem. New textbooks for Class …

NCERT told to review books every session
11 months ago

NCERT told to review books every session

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Union education ministry has asked the National Council of Educational Research and Training to put an annual system in place to review study material for school students and make the necessary changes before printing new textbooks ahead of every academic session, officials familiar with the development said. NCERT publishes new textbooks before the beginning of each academic …

SP MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq demands the inclusion of the Quran in the NCERT books
1 year, 4 months ago

SP MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq demands the inclusion of the Quran in the NCERT books

Op India  

While speaking about possible changes in school textbooks, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Shafiqur Rahman Barq has raised the demand to include the Quran in the NCERT books. The Samajwadi Party MP argued that there is no greater book than the ‘Quran Sharif’ in the world and hence the Quran should be included in the NCERT syllabus. Notably, the media …

NCERT denies reports claiming 'Ramayana, Mahabharata will be taught as a part of history
1 year, 4 months ago

NCERT denies reports claiming 'Ramayana, Mahabharata will be taught as a part of history

Op India  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training, on Wednesday, refuted claims that said Ramayana and Mahabharata will be included in the school syllabus as part of history, as allegedly suggested by ‘a high-level committee constituted by NCERT and chaired by CI Issac’. According to the reports, the Social Science Committee, led by Professor CI Isaac, additionally proposed several changes …

NCERT clarifies on India to Bharat name change: ‘Too premature to comment’
1 year, 5 months ago

NCERT clarifies on India to Bharat name change: ‘Too premature to comment’

Live Mint  

The high-level committee for social sciences constituted by National Council of Educational Research and Training has issued a recommendation that "India" should be replaced with "Bharat" in the school textbooks for all classes. The NCERT took to micro-blogging site ‘X’ and clarified on the buzz over name change of the country from India to Bharat, it said “NCERT states that …

‘Too premature to comment’: NCERT on reports on move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in books
1 year, 5 months 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 …

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports about move to change 'India' to 'Bharat' in textbooks
1 year, 5 months 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 …

NCERT panel suggests only ‘Bharat’ in textbooks
1 year, 5 months ago

NCERT panel suggests only ‘Bharat’ in textbooks

The Hindu  

A high-level committee set up by the National Council of Educational Research and Training to revise the social sciences curriculum for schools has recommended that the country’s name, ‘India’, be replaced in school textbooks with the word ‘Bharat’, triggering outrage among Opposition politicians. He told journalists on Wednesday that the panel had unanimously recommended, in its report submitted to NCERT …

Bharat to replace India: List of changes recommended by NCERT panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Bharat to replace India: List of changes recommended by NCERT panel

Live Mint  

A panel headed by C I Isaac has suggested a slew of to revise the school curriculum which was constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.NCERT officials, however, said no decision has been taken yet on the panel's recommendations. Here are the major changes that the panel has recommended: NCERT panel recommends the introduction of Indian Knowledge …

NCERT Panel Recommends Replacing India with Bharat in School Textbooks Approved
1 year, 5 months ago

NCERT Panel Recommends Replacing India with Bharat in School Textbooks Approved

ABP News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has approved the recommendation of a high-level committee for social sciences to replace the name ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in textbooks and introduce ‘classical History’ instead of ancient History in the curriculum. According to committee chairperson C I Isaac, the panel has suggested replacing the name "India" with "Bharat" in the textbooks, introducing …

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports of 'Bharat' replacing India in textbooks
1 year, 5 months ago

'Too premature to comment': NCERT on reports of 'Bharat' replacing India in textbooks

India TV News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training issued a statement today in response to recent media reports regarding the proposed change of the name "India" to "Bharat" in all NCERT textbooks. They have assured the public that any decisions regarding the inclusion of "Bharat" as an alternative name for India in educational materials will be made after thorough deliberation …

New NCERT books from next session to have chapters on Chandrayaan-3, G20
1 year, 7 months ago

New NCERT books from next session to have chapters on Chandrayaan-3, G20

Firstpost  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that NCERT will be introducing new books in the new academic session which will also teach students about how India carried out COVID-19 management NCERT will be introducing new books in the new academic session which will teach students about how India carried out COVID-19 management, the G20 summit, and the Chandrayaan mission, Union …

Sudha Murty, Shankar Mahadevan on govt’s new panel to develop NCERT syllabus
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudha Murty, Shankar Mahadevan on govt’s new panel to develop NCERT syllabus

Live Mint  

A new committee formed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training is set to shape the curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12. This 19-member committee, named the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee, will be led by MC Pant, the Chancellor of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. Notable figures including Sudha Murty, …

Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan in NCERT’s new NCF panel to develop syllabus, textbooks
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan in NCERT’s new NCF panel to develop syllabus, textbooks

India TV News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has set up a new committee to finalize curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12. The 19-member high-powered committee, named the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee, will be led by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration Chancellor Mahesh Chandra Pant. The committee will also include Philanthropist and Chairperson …

NCERT textbook row | 73 academics defend efforts to ‘update’ syllabus
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT textbook row | 73 academics defend efforts to ‘update’ syllabus

The Hindu  

After 35 scholars, including chief advisers for textbook development committee Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar, asked for their names to be removed from the “rationalised” National Council for Educational Research and Training textbooks, another 73 academicians have called their move “a false propaganda against the NCERT” and the exercise of school curriculum rationalisation. Academicians from Jawaharlal Nehru University, University Grants …

NCERT Textbook Row: 'No merit in hue and cry,' UGC Chairman slams academics opposing rationalisation
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT Textbook Row: 'No merit in hue and cry,' UGC Chairman slams academics opposing rationalisation

Firstpost  

As many as 73 academicians, including vice chancellors of central universities, NIT directors and IIM chairpersons, on Thursday termed the withdrawal of names over the NCERT textbook row a “spectacle” by some “arrogant and self-interested” people. UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar on Friday slammed academicians objecting to the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks, saying there is no merit in their “hue and …

NCERT Textbook Row | Rationalisation of contents fully justified, says UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT Textbook Row | Rationalisation of contents fully justified, says UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar

The Hindu  

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar on June 16 slammed academicians objecting to the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks, saying there is no merit in their “hue and cry”, and asserted that carrying out revisions in content is justified. A couple of days ago also, a number of academicians and political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar had asked the NCERT to drop …

NCERT fully justified in carrying out rationalisation of its textbooks' contents, says UGC chief
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT fully justified in carrying out rationalisation of its textbooks' contents, says UGC chief

India TV News  

NCERT textbook's rationalization is fully justified. There is no merit in hue and cry over it, said University Grants Commission chief Jagadesh Kumar on Friday in remarks to the academicians objecting to the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks. A couple of days ago also, political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar and a number of academicians asked the NCERT to remove …

NCERT Textbook Row | 33 academicians ask to remove their names from textbooks
1 year, 9 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 …

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks

The Hindu  

Karnataka Cabinet on June 15 approved the revision of Kannada and Social Science textbooks of class six to ten in the State, for the current academic year by removing the chapters on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V.D. The Congress had in its poll manifesto promised to undo the changes made to school textbooks when the BJP …

33 more academicians ask NCERT to drop their names from ‘rationalised’ textbooks
1 year, 9 months ago

33 more academicians ask NCERT to drop their names from ‘rationalised’ textbooks

Hindustan Times  

Expressing concerns over the substantive revision of the original National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks, 33 academicians, who were part of the textbook development committee, on Wednesday asked the council to remove their names from the current textbooks. In a letter written to NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani on Wednesday, the 33 political scientists, who were members of …

NCERT rejects Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar request to drop names as chief advisers
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT rejects Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar request to drop names as chief advisers

Hindustan Times  

A day after Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar asked the National Council of Educational Research and Training to remove their names as advisers from its political science textbooks, saying that they have been mutilated beyond recognition, the council said it has the right to make changes based on copyright ownership and asserted that the “withdrawal of association by any one …

Rationalisation has ‘mutilated’ books: Chief advisers to NCERT
1 year, 9 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 …

‘Embarrassed to be associated with these textbooks’: Experts to NCERT
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Embarrassed to be associated with these textbooks’: Experts to NCERT

Live Mint  

Political scientists Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav have asked NCERT to drop their names as chief advisors from all Political Science textbooks, saying the rationalisation exercise has "mutilated" the books beyond recognition and rendered them "academically dysfunctional". In their letter, they said, "As academics organically associated with the preparation of these textbooks, we are embarrassed that our names should be …

NCERT responds as ‘embarrassed’ Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar ask academic body to drop their name as advisors
1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT responds as ‘embarrassed’ Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar ask academic body to drop their name as advisors

The Hindu  

After two academicians wrote to the National Council for Educational Research and Training seeking the removal of their names as chief advisers of Political Science textbooks for Class 9 to 12, the academic body sent out a circular saying “individual authorship” cannot be claimed for its textbooks. Amid the row over deletion of portions from school textbooks, academicians Suhas Palshikar …

NCERT advisors demand their names to be dropped from 'mutiliated' political science textbooks
1 year, 9 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 …

Kerala curriculum committee suggests measures to state govt to cover deleted NCERT portions
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala curriculum committee suggests measures to state govt to cover deleted NCERT portions

India Today  

The Kerala curriculum steering committee held a meeting on Tuesday and made suggestions to the state government to include portions excluded by NCERT. Earlier, minister V Sivankutty had said that the state will include the deleted portions in the Kerala school syllabus. The state government had opposed NCERT's move and CM Pinarayi Vijayan had said the decision to remove a …

NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation, says Education Ministry
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation, says Education Ministry

India TV News  

The Opposition accused the Centre of "whitewashing with vengeance" after the Centre decided to remove a number of topics from the NCERT textbooks. The NCERT reportedly consulted 16 CBSE teachers and 25 external experts as part of their exercise to rationalize the curriculum, according to the Education Ministry. "Aside from NCERT in-house experts, NCERT sought the expertise of subject experts …

NCERT met 25 experts and 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation: Union Education Ministry
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT met 25 experts and 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation: Union Education Ministry

The Hindu  

The NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers to carry out its syllabus rationalisation exercise as part of which portions on the Mughals, Mahatma Gandhi, his assassin Nathuram Godse, reference to Hindu extremists, the 2002 Gujarat riots and Maulana Azad among others were dropped from school textbooks, according to the Education Ministry. "Aside from NCERT in-house experts, NCERT …

NCERT tweaks appear politically motivated
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT tweaks appear politically motivated

Hindustan Times  

A little over a week ago, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra tweeted, “It is a great decision to remove false history of Mughals from NCERT. Much as we would like to believe in NCERT’s institutional integrity, successive statements by several commentators made no mention of the Covid-19-burden-induced deletions, and instead defended the deletions on the grounds that the textbooks …

Maulana Azad goes missing from NCERT textbook. How has the chapter been revised?
1 year, 11 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 …

The NCERT textbook debate is unnecessary
1 year, 11 months ago

The NCERT textbook debate is unnecessary

Hindustan Times  

The recent debate on changes in the National Council of Educational Research and Training history textbooks reminded me of a comment by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy: “The factors which determine the life of mankind are various, historians select from them only some single aspect, say the political and economic, and represent it as primary, as the efficient cause of social …

250 academics, historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn
1 year, 11 months ago

250 academics, historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 250 academics and historians issued a public statement criticising the National Council of Educational Research and Training for making changes in its textbooks and alleged that the move has been “guided by a divisive and partisan agenda” while demanding “the deletions be immediately withdrawn.” Last year, the NCERT also removed chapters on Mughal Courts, the 2002 Gujarat Riots, the …

'Whitewashing fake history': Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on deletion from NCERT textbooks
1 year, 11 months ago

'Whitewashing fake history': Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on deletion from NCERT textbooks

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a Facebook post, criticised the decision to remove certain chapters and sections from the NCERT textbooks, which he believes has a political motive. — Pinarayi Vijayan April 7, 2023 Pointing out the removal of the sections on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and the subsequent banning of the RSS from the Class 12 political science textbook, …

Changes made in books to reduce the burden on students: NCERT
1 year, 11 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 …

Outcry after Indian education body deletes portions on Gandhi, RSS, Gujarat riots from school textbooks
1 year, 11 months ago

Outcry after Indian education body deletes portions on Gandhi, RSS, Gujarat riots from school textbooks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A government agency for education …

OPINION | UNNECESSARY ROW OVER NCERT SYLLABUS
1 year, 11 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 …

NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from Class 12 textbook
1 year, 11 months ago

NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from Class 12 textbook

India TV News  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has removed several texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity and RSS from CBSE Class 12 Political Science textbook for the new academic session 2023-24. The topics which have been removed from the Class 12 textbook include "Gandhiji's death had a magical effect on communal situation in the country", "Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu-Muslim …

Oversight, should not be blown out of proportion: NCERT Chief on missing texts in new school books
1 year, 11 months ago

Oversight, should not be blown out of proportion: NCERT Chief on missing texts in new school books

India TV News  

NCERT Chief Dinesh Saklani on Wednesday, April 5, said it could have been an "oversight" that some deletions were not announced in its rationalisation exercise last year. The comments come after the new NCERT textbooks hit the market and it was found that more contents than the ones notified in the curriculum rationalisation booklet last year are missing. Gandhiji's death …

NCERT chief denies dropping chapters on Mughals, says ‘rationalisation…’
1 year, 11 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 …

UP schools to adopt revised NCERT books; No lessons on Mughal courts
1 year, 11 months ago

UP schools to adopt revised NCERT books; No lessons on Mughal courts

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the NCERT's new class 12 history textbooks in which portions about Mughal courts have been removed. Portions on Mughal courts and Gujarat riots have been removed from NCERT Class 12 History and Political Science textbooks "We teach our students using NCERT books.whatever is there in the revised edition will be …

Congress leaders condemn ‘saffronisation’ of education, seek new panel to revise textbooks
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress leaders condemn ‘saffronisation’ of education, seek new panel to revise textbooks

The Hindu  

Congress leader and former Education Minister B.K. Chandrashekar and MP L. Hanumanthaiah on Thursday hit out at the State government’s attempts at “saffronisation” of school education and claimed that Primary and Secondary Education Minister B.C Nagesh has been implementing this agenda at the behest of the Central government. Mr. Hanumanthaiah alleged that the government had insulted Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan …

Schools Students to Study Lesser Books, NCERT asks Experts to Review Syllabi
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools Students to Study Lesser Books, NCERT asks Experts to Review Syllabi

News 18  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to reduce the syllabus and textbooks for the academic sessions 2022-23 for all classes. On December 15, NCERT Director-in-Charge Sridhar Srivastava ordered the heads of departments to conduct a review involving internal and external experts to discuss the topics that can be excluded from the syllabus this time. The new …

NCERT to review syllabus and textbooks with aim to reduce burden on students
3 years, 3 months ago

NCERT to review syllabus and textbooks with aim to reduce burden on students

India Today  

On December 15, Sridhar Srivastava, the National Council of Educational Research and Training director in charge wrote a letter to the heads of departments of the council. In his letter, Srivastava mentioned that keeping in view the disruptions hit by Covid19, NCERT plans to make a ‘’speedy recovery’’ in students’ learning from the next academic year. He added that NCERT …

Meeting held to discuss revision of NCERT history textbooks
4 years, 2 months ago

Meeting held to discuss revision of NCERT history textbooks

Op India  

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education met on Wednesday to discuss the revision of current National Council of Educational Research and Training history textbooks in schools. During the debate over the need for change in the syllabus, former NCERT director JS Rajput and representatives of the Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal told the committee that current history textbooks in schools are not …

NCERT says no textbook committee formed yet, condemns fake news on social media
4 years, 9 months ago

NCERT says no textbook committee formed yet, condemns fake news on social media

India Today  

On Monday morning, NCERT took to Twitter to deny the rumours about a newly-formed textbook committee the alleged photo of the members of which have been gathering momentum on social media and instigating strong opinions from a few people. “NCERT strongly denies the news spreading in social media related to the formation of a Textbook Development Committee,” it said in …

NCERT is removing caste conflict chapters from class 9 History textbooks for HRD Ministry exercise
6 years ago

NCERT is removing caste conflict chapters from class 9 History textbooks for HRD Ministry exercise

India Today  

NCERT class 9 History textbooks will soon no longer contain certain chapters related to caste conflict as they will be removed as part of the curriculum rationalising exercise initiated by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to reduce the burden on students. NCERT syllabus to be reduced by half, says Prakash Javadekar Which chapters are getting deleted from the class 9 NCERT …

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