No Mughal Dynasty in Class 7 NCERT textbook, fresh chapters on Indian rulers introducedClass VII NCERT social science textbooks have removed chapters on the Mughals and the Delhi Sultanate, replaced by content on ancient India...
28 Apr, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
Ramayana, Mahabharata should be included in social sciences curriculum: NCERT panelIssac earlier said that the same panel had also recommended replacing the country name 'India' with 'Bharat' in textbooks, introducing 'cla...
21 Nov, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
Ramayana likely to be part of NCERT social science textbooksA high-level panel from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India has recommended that epics like Ramayana...
21 Nov, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Panel suggests replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' in NCERT textbooksA NCERT committee for curriculum development in India has recommended replacing the term 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooks. The com...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
NCERT panel recommends replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooksA committee appointed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India has recommended replacing the name "Ind...
25 Oct, 2023, 02.55 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
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
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
NCERT removes portions related to RSS, Gandhi & Godse from booksNCERT had made several changes in the textbooks of Class 6 to Class 12 last year. Among these, chapters titled 'Rise of Popular Movements' ...
05 Apr, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
NCERT removes chapters on 'Mughal Empire' from Class 12 History bookFrom Class 12, chapters related to 'Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)' have been removed from the Histor...
03 Apr, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Disproportionate attention to caste, Muslim chroniclers in NCERT, Kerala textbooks: Thinktank tells Parl PanelThe report has criticised NCERT and Kerala textbooks for giving more weightage to accounts of Muslim chroniclers such as Ibn Batuta and Al ...
08 Jul, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
NCERT panel formed to review history textbooks has submitted report: GovernmentIrani also said that representations have been received from time to time with regard to history textbooks.
07 Dec, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
Saffronization fears over history textbooks rewrite plansSince 1977, when Jana Sangh joined govt as part of the Janata regime, there has been threat of changing NCERT textbooks, especially of hist...
24 Jun, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
- Maratha history downplayed in NCERT textbooks: BJP
"Congress does not want the real history to be taught. That party wants to create a generation which forgets our history and culture," he s...
07 Sep, 2013, 08.17 PM IST
NCERT deletes adverse references to communities in textbooksNCERT has deleted certain 'objectionable' references to Nadar and Ezhava communities of Kerala in history textbooks in view of protests
07 Jun, 2013, 07.57 PM IST