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"NCERT dedicated 13 pages to Mughals:" CM Devendra Fadnavis targets UPA go
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday targeted the previous UPA government over the NCERT historical curriculum, alleging selective coverage of historical figures in school textbooks during its tenure.
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Discussions should be on content, not members' backgrounds: Educationist R
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Ramanand Nand, educationist & policy expert, on Friday defended the NCERT's proposed move to include people with links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in writing political science textbooks for class 11 and class 12 and said that the discussion should be based on content, not
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NCERT forms 20-member panel to revise Political Science textbooks for Clas
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has reconstituted a 20-member panel tasked with developing new Political Science textbooks and teaching-learning material for Classes 11 and 12, as part of the ongoing revision of school textbooks under the National Educati
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Third language internal assessment mandatory for Class 9, 10 students: CBS
Updated : 2 months ago IST
According to a press release, in pursuance of the above objectives, it is considered necessary to issue guidelines regarding the implementation of the Language Policy in CBSE-affiliated schools with effect from the Academic Session 2026-27.
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Almost all revised NCERT textbooks up to Class 9 released; remaining books
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released almost all revised textbooks up to Class 9 under the new curriculum aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, with only Part 2 of the Class 9 Social Science textbook and Mathematics textbook yet to
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NCERT's new Class 9 textbook describes judiciary as 'independent', after C
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Months after the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) withdrew its Class 8 Social Science textbook following objections over a chapter on judicial corruption, the council's newly introduced Class 9 Political Science textbook presents the judiciary as an "impartial
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Reports of dropping Preamble, secularism from Class 9 textbook misleading;
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Some reports highlighted that while the new Class 9 Social Science textbook introduces a section on the Emergency, it no longer contains a separate chapter on the Preamble and does not explicitly explain terms such as "secular" and "socialist", which were part of the previous edition.
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"Old literature deserves to be known": Former NCERT Director backs inclusi
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had added a verse from the Manu-smriti in its new Class 9 Social Science textbook to illustrate that women were respected during the Vedic era.
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"NCERT become BJP dept for distorting history, putting venom in students'
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Friday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training for introducing a section on the Emergency in the Class IX textbook, alleging that NCERT has become a BJP department for "distorting the history" and "putting venomous" items in student
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Including EC chapter in NCERT book is absolutely wrong: TMC's Saugata Roy
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Friday objected to the inclusion of a description related to the Election Commission in the NCERT Class 9 Social Science textbook, calling it absolutely wrong and unacceptable.
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NCERT book cites Manusmriti to highlight respect for women in Vedic period
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has, in its newly introduced Class IX Social Science textbook, quoted a verse from the Manu-smriti to illustrate that women were accorded respect in the Vedic period, while also emphasising that their position "fluctuated,
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Attack on Constitutional values, trying to change curriculum: KC Venugopal
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The NCERT has, for the first time, introduced the topic in a Class 9 textbook, presenting it as "one of the major challenges," as the majority of fundamental rights were suspended.
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