NCERT textbook row: Kerala minister M B Rajesh slams BJPKerala Minister M B Rajesh criticised NCERT's modifications to school textbooks regarding the Babri Masjid demolition. He accued the move b...
17 Jun, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
‘NCERT no longer a professional institution’: Jairam Ramesh raises serious questions on integrity of NTA, NEETCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has raised concerns over the fairness and transparency of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) a...
17 Jun, 2024, 10.33 AM IST
Want positive not violent and depressed citizens: NCERT chief on tweaks regarding Guj riots, Babri masjid in textbooksThe director of NCERT responded to accusations of saffronisation in curriculum and textbooks by explaining that references to the Gujarat r...
16 Jun, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
NCERT books tweaks: References to Babri Masjid, Gujarat riots, Hindutva droppedNCERT revises textbooks, omitting references to sensitive topics like Babri Masjid demolition, Gujarat riots, and Hindutva. Changes include...
05 Apr, 2024, 03.13 PM IST
New curriculum, books for grades 3 and 6 from 2024-25, no change for other classes: CBSENCERT and CBSE to release new syllabus and textbooks for Classes 3 and 6 in 2024-25. NCF revised after 18 years. Schools advised to incorpo...
23 Mar, 2024, 09.50 PM IST
Kerala government criticises removal of Periodic table, other topics from NCERT class 10 text bookThe Kerala government has criticised the removal of chapters on the Periodic Table and challenges to democracy, among other topics from Cla...
03 Jun, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Chapters on Periodic Table, challenges to democracy dropped from NCERT Class 10 textbooksEmphasizing the importance of the topic, a text by American chemist Glenn T Seaborg cited in the Class 11 Chemistry textbook reads, "The Pe...
01 Jun, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
Kerala likely to teach NCERT's deleted portions in state schoolsThe NCERT recently had, in the name of rationalisation of the syllabus, dropped from its class 12 history textbook certain portions on Maha...
26 Apr, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
References to Maulana Azad in class 11 textbook dropped in 2013, should not be linked with current rationalisation: NCERTThe NCERT has described the omissions as a possible oversight but refused to undo the deletions, saying they were based on the recommendati...
17 Apr, 2023, 04.53 PM IST
NCERT consulted 25 external experts, 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation, according to Education MinistryAt the heart of the row is the fact that while the changes made as part of the rationalisation exercise were notified, some of these contro...
15 Apr, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
'What a disgrace': Tharoor on removal of Maulana Azad references from NCERT textbookTagging a media report on it, Tharoor, a former minister of state for human resource development, tweeted, "What a disgrace. I have no obje...
14 Apr, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
Concerted attempt to 're-write' history, pass on 'distorted legacy'': Cong on removal of Maulana Azad references from NCERT textbookAddressing a press conference on the issue at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Anshul Avijit said there is a conce...
13 Apr, 2023, 06.57 PM IST
References to Maulana Azad removed from NCERT's new class 11 political science textbookIn the class 11 political science textbook's first chapter, titled 'Constitution - Why and How', a line has been revised to omit Azad's nam...
13 Apr, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
Rationalisation of textbooks done for speedy recovery, compensating time loss due to Covid: MoEThe National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had last month removed portions about the 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, ...
18 Jul, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
'Poisonous' ecosystem out to protest arrest of Teesta Setalvad, Mohammed Zubair: BJPNoting that the Gujarat Police action against her was following the Supreme Court's strong denunciation of her and others for "keeping the ...
28 Jun, 2022, 04.14 PM IST
Development of curriculum for school education huge decentralised consultation exercise: NCERT"The development of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for School Education is a huge consultative exercise, not limited in any way, to th...
21 Jun, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Ramdev's Bharitya Shiksha Board brings in RSS's Atul Kothari as special inviteeAtul Kothari of the RSS affiliated body and the Nyas he represents as its National Secretary- recently objected to ‘sex education’ being ad...
19 Nov, 2019, 02.08 PM IST