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"Too premature to comment...": NCERT on reports about move to change 'Indi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
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
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Kerala govt releases additional textbooks to include portions deleted by N
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday released additional textbooks of SCERT (the State Council for Educational Research and Training) incorporating the topics that were recently deleted from the NCERT textbooks.
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No merit in hue and cry by academicians regarding NCERT textbooks revision
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) recently dropped the full chapter on Periodic Classification of Elements, a full chapter on Democracy and Diversity, a full chapter on Challenges to Democracy, and a full page on Political Parties from the newly released textbooks
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Name withdrawal 'spectacle' disrupts curriculum updation process: Academic
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Hitting back at academicians for withdrawing their names as advisors from the NCERT, the statement said the "name-withdrawal spectacle" is just to "capture media attention". They "seem to have forgotten that textbooks are an outcome of collective intellectual engagement and rigorous efforts,
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"Extremely unfortunate...," BHU Prof on removing Darwin's theory from NCER
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"It is extremely unfortunate that it (Darwin's theory) is being removed permanently. Biological evolution is a fundamental process and understanding it is critical for biology applicants and general people. What is scientifically correct students have the right to know it. Why NCERT is doing
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There is misleading propaganda about removing Darwin's theory from NCERT t
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Minister of State (MoS) for Education Subhas Sarkar on Saturday said there was "misleading propaganda" about the removal of Darwin's Theory from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) science textbook for class 10.
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Kerala govt to file complaint with PM, Union Education Minister about port
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The curriculum committee has directed that the children must be taught the portions removed from NCERT books and notify Kerala CM and Centre regarding this decision. A complaint will be given to PM and union education minister over removing key portions from NCERT", Kerala Education Ministe
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"NCERT textbook row: State govt can print textbooks independently," Kerala
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Addressing a press meeting, Sivankutty said, "The state government can print textbooks independently unless the Centre denies giving permission to teach these subjects. Teachers' unions also have a stand that the omitted lessons should be taught."
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Kerala Student Union members stage protest alleging saffronisation of NCER
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Members of the Congress-affiliated student organisation, Kerala Student Union(KSU), protested against the central government in front of the Accountant General's office here on Monday alleging saffronisation in NCERT textbooks.
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NCERT textbook row: Dates cannot be erased from history, says Farooq Abdul
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"They have ruled the country for 800 years. No one can forget that. When the public will visit the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort, and Humayun Tomb, what will you tell them? These monuments have got international heritage recognition. So however hard the government tries, it cannot chan
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Changes in NCERT textbooks made with aim of saffronising them, says Kerala
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday alleged that the decision to remove a few chapters and sections from the NCERT textbooks was taken with the aim of promoting "saffronization".
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CPI MP writes to Union Education Minister for changes in NCERT textbooks a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Dharmendra Pradhan said, "This is regarding the drastic changes made to NCERT textbooks as part of the so-called "rationalizing" exercise. Students, teachers and other stakeholders are already raising their concerns with the changes that are introduced.
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