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Assam mother nursed a wild civet cub like her third child. 17 years later, when her son opened NCERT book, he couldn't believe what he sawAn Assam family's act of kindness in rescuing and raising an orphaned civet cub, Bhakat, in 2009 has unexpectedly found its way into an NCE...
SC seeks Centre, NCERT's response on plea against CBSE's 3-language rule for Class 9 studentsThe Supreme Court will review a plea challenging the CBSE's new policy for Class 9 students. This policy mandates studying three languages,...
NCERT unveils new Class 9 Hindi textbook 'Ganga': A fusion of devotion, valour, and modern valuesNCERT has released its new Class 9 Hindi textbook, 'Ganga', aligning with NEP 2020. The book blends language learning with devotional, nati...
Forgotten heroes, Sikh Gurus' defiance of Mughal persecution in focus in NCERT's new class 8 bookThe new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook, "Exploring Society: India and Beyond", highlights stories of resistance and resilience, incl...
Uttarakhand tasks NCERT with including Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana in school syllabus: State Education ministerUttarakhand wants Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana in its school syllabus. The state government has requested NCERT to include these texts in 17,...
NCERT Class 8 new English textbook: From chapter on Major Somnath Sharma to new units, check key changesNCERT's new Class 8 English textbook, 'Poorvi,' introduces students to the valor of Major Somnath Sharma and the Battle of Budgam, aiming t...
Emergency made part of school syllabus during UPA rule, 3 decades after impositionThe Emergency, a controversial period in Indian history, entered NCERT political science textbooks in 2007 under the UPA government, detail...
'People in Korea speak half Tamil,' says Madhavan as he questions NCERT for ignoring southern India historyActor R Madhavan has criticised the historical content in Indian school textbooks, highlighting a disproportionate focus on Mughal and Brit...
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...
New NCERT textbooks: Mughals, Delhi Sultanate dropped; 'sacred geography', Maha Kumbh addedClass 7 NCERT textbooks have undergone significant revisions, omitting references to the Mughals and Delhi Sultanate while introducing chap...
Knowledge economy, not silly conformityThe fact that 'unpleasantness' is perceived as a criterion for textbook excision tells a sad story about NCERT's understanding of pedagogy ...
Don't consign them to the textbooks!Ramayan and Mahabharat stories have brought enjoyment and pleasure to generations of young people. However, NCERT should not include these ...
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...
'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...
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 ...
Indians have not lost the capacity to laugh, says Ritu G KhanduriKhanduri says India's newspaper culture and cartooning are entwined and cartoonists are expected to critique all those in power.
Why content on Vivekananda, Bose reduced in NCERT books: CICCommission asked NCERT to disclose why content on Vivekananda was reduced from 1250 to 37 words in Class XII books and removed from Class V...