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 Express that highlighted the deletion of topics that mentioned Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Hindu-Muslim unity antagonised extremist Hindu organisations and that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was banned for some time. NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said the changes were made and incorporated last year on the recommendations of subject experts and not for any political considerations, but he admitted that the details of the excluded portions may have, by oversight, not been mentioned in a list of rationalised topics released last June. Saklani’s remarks came as Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the government of distorting history and “whitewashing with a vengeance” through the removal of certain content from NCERT textbooks.

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MP govt orders to incorporate books authored by RSS leaders into curriculum of colleges
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Mallikarjun Kharge accuses government of trying to communalise the NCERT curriculum, government refutes charge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mallikarjun Kharge accuses government of trying to communalise the NCERT curriculum, government refutes charge

The Hindu  

Opposition and Treasury benches sparred over National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks after Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, accused the government of “tampering with” the curriculum and trying to impose communal ideology. Mr. Kharge said every citizen, and especially the future generations, should be educated about the foundational principles and values of Indian democracy …

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 …

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 …

NCERT denies reports claiming 'Ramayana, Mahabharata will be taught as a part of history
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Kerala restores deleted portions in textbooks for class 11,12
1 year, 4 months ago

Kerala restores deleted portions in textbooks for class 11,12

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan released the textbooks of history, political science, economics, and sociology by distributing them to select students at a government school in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday released additional textbooks for students of classes 11 and 12, which include the portions that were recently deleted by the National Council of Educational Research …

NCERT Textbook Row: 'No merit in hue and cry,' UGC Chairman slams academics opposing rationalisation
1 year, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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 …

'It's clear Uddhav compromised ideology for power': Fadnavis on K'taka removing Savarkar from school syllabus
1 year, 6 months ago

'It's clear Uddhav compromised ideology for power': Fadnavis on K'taka removing Savarkar from school syllabus

India TV News  

Citing removal of chapters on Veer Savarkar and KB Hegdewar from school syllabus, the Bharatiya Janata Party has lashed out at former ally Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena taunting over the latest move by UBT's new ally partner and Congress-led government in Karnataka. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur, Fadnavis's party colleague and BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said Thackeray should clear …

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 …

Karnataka Cabinet okays removing chapters on RSS founder and Savarkar in school textbooks
1 year, 6 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, 6 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 …

Why is India cutting back on teaching evolution in schools?
1 year, 6 months ago

Why is India cutting back on teaching evolution in schools?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, June 14 at 19:30 GMT: This school year, students under 16 will no longer be taught about evolution or the periodic table of elements. The changes to textbooks – which include historical revisions that suit a Hindu nationalist agenda – have shocked educators in the country, who fear the curriculum changes are a sign of a greater acceptance …

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 …

‘Embarrassed to be associated with these textbooks’: Experts to NCERT
1 year, 6 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 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 …

NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation, says Education Ministry
1 year, 8 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 tweaks appear politically motivated
1 year, 8 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 …

The Fallacy of Debate over NCERT Textbook by the Prophets of Doom - News18
1 year, 8 months ago

The Fallacy of Debate over NCERT Textbook by the Prophets of Doom - News18

News 18  

The academic commissars are back again, haunted, apparently by the spectre of saffronisation of the National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks. From concerned historians, a pseudonym for the old contractors of the history syllabus in India, to journalist-activists eager to peddle the political agenda of the elites of the ancient regime, to the scores of political parties desperate …

Historians ‘appalled’ by NCERT trying to make history textbooks ‘one-sided’
1 year, 8 months ago

Historians ‘appalled’ by NCERT trying to make history textbooks ‘one-sided’

Live Mint  

Historians have expressed dismay over the decision by the National Council of Educational Research and Training to remove certain chapters from history textbooks for Central Board of Secondary Education students. The NCERT's move to remove sections on the Mughal Empire from class 12 history books has attracted widespread criticism. In a statement, a group of historians, including Romila Thapar, Jayati …

250 academics, historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn
1 year, 8 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 …

Historians condemn key deletions from NCERT textbooks
1 year, 8 months ago

Historians condemn key deletions from NCERT textbooks

The Hindu  

Up to 250 historians from leading Indian and foreign universities across India have issued a public statement against changes made in textbooks issued by the National Council of Educational Research and Training, which include dropping of entire chapters on history of Mughal courts, references to the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, the Naxalite movement, and mention of Dalit writers. Using …

‘Silent’ Deletions of Gandhi, RSS, Godse References in NCERT Books ‘Case of Oversight’, Says Council Head
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Silent’ Deletions of Gandhi, RSS, Godse References in NCERT Books ‘Case of Oversight’, Says Council Head

News 18  

The NCERT’s top brass pegged as a “case of oversight" the “silent" deletions of several references to Mahatma Gandhi, the RSS, Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse and 2002 Gujarat riots from the new political science, history and sociology textbooks for Classes 11 and 12. Key deletions from chapters include references such as – ‘Dislike of Hindu extremists for Mahatma Gandhi’s pursuit …

Row over removal of portions on Gandhiji in Class XII textbook
1 year, 8 months ago

Row over removal of portions on Gandhiji in Class XII textbook

The Hindu  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training, the key government body that prints textbooks for Indian students from Class 1 to 12, has claimed that the key deletions in the rationalised syllabus for 2023-24, which include Hindu extremists’ dislike for Gandhi and a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after his assassination, were not declared in the public domain …

On NCERT-Mughals row, Kapil Sibal says ‘PM Modi’s Bharat…’
1 year, 8 months ago

On NCERT-Mughals row, Kapil Sibal says ‘PM Modi’s Bharat…’

Hindustan Times  

Amid the raging controversy over the National Council of Educational Research and Training allegedly removing certain portions on Mughal courts from class 12 history textbooks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP government. Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has reacted to the controversy over NCERT's alleged removal of certain portions on Mughal history from …

NCERT deletes portions related to RSS, Mahatma Gandhi & Godse in new books
1 year, 8 months ago

NCERT deletes portions related to RSS, Mahatma Gandhi & Godse in new books

Hindustan Times  

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has removed from the new Class 12 political science and history textbooks references such as the “dislike of Hindu extremists for Mahatma Gandhi’s pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity” and banning of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after his assassination. The reference to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh being banned after Gandhi’s assassination has also been removed from …

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 …

NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from Class 12 textbook
1 year, 8 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 …

Consistent with PM Modi's India…: Kapil Sibal snipes at govt over revisions in NCERT textbooks
1 year, 8 months ago

Consistent with PM Modi's India…: Kapil Sibal snipes at govt over revisions in NCERT textbooks

India Today  

In a veiled attack on the Centre, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday disparaged the decision to drop lessons on Mughal courts from the National Council of Educational Research and Training books. In a tweet, Sibal said, "NCERT textbooks: Effaced: 1) Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu Muslim unity 2) Banning of RSS 3) All references to Gujarat riots 4) Protests …

Oversight, should not be blown out of proportion: NCERT Chief on missing texts in new school books
1 year, 8 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 …

UP schools to adopt revised NCERT books; No lessons on Mughal courts
1 year, 8 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 …

NCERT textbooks rationalised to compensate for Covid-19 time loss: Education ministry
2 years, 5 months ago

NCERT textbooks rationalised to compensate for Covid-19 time loss: Education ministry

India Today  

According to Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi, the NCERT made a move toward rationalising school textbooks to support quick student learning continuum rehabilitation and make up for time lost due to the extended school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. REASONS BEHIND NECRT TEXTBOOK RATIONALISATION "During the Covid-19 pandemic situation, students across the stages of school education have …

Congress leaders condemn ‘saffronisation’ of education, seek new panel to revise textbooks
2 years, 6 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 …

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

Activist sends legal notice to make amends to NCERT books over 'distorted history' on Mughals
3 years, 9 months ago

Activist sends legal notice to make amends to NCERT books over 'distorted history' on Mughals

Op India  

An RTI activist has sent a legal notice to the NCERT and sought to make amendments in the book after the NCERT said that they had no references to the claims in 12th standard books that Mughal emperor Aurangzeb gave grant for repairs of temples. #NewsAlert | Activist from Bharatpur sends a legal notice to NCERT over the content on …

Meeting held to discuss revision of NCERT history textbooks
3 years, 11 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 …

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