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- India
Ramayana, Mahabharata should be included in social sciences curriculum: NCERT
New Delhi: Epics such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata should be included in social sciences textbooks and the Preamble of the Constitution written on classroom walls, a high-level NCERT panel has…
- Kerala
Replacing ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in textbooks: Kerala govt writes to Centre
Thiruvananthapuram: The Left government in Kerala has sought the intervention of the Central government to reconsider a recent recommendation made by an NCERT panel to replace the term ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in…
- India
Kerala govt opposes NCERT’s proposal to rename ‘India’ as ‘Bharat’ in school textbooks
Kollam: The Left government in Kerala on Thursday strongly opposed the NCERT panel’s suggestion to replace “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks. The CPI(M)-led dispensation alleged that this was a form of…
- India
Oppn slams BJP over NCERT panel’s idea to replace ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in textbooks
New Delhi: Leaders of several opposition parties on Wednesday opposed an NCERT panel’s recommendation to replace “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks, and alleged that the ruling BJP wanted to change history…
- India
NCERT recommends replacing ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in revised textbooks
The NCERT Committee plans to drop ‘India’ and replace it with ‘Bharat’ in all school textbooks. In a bid to revise the school curriculum, the National Council of Educational Research and Training…
- India
NCERT granted deemed university status
New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training has been granted deemed university status, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Friday. The minister made the announcement during his address…
- India
Kerala CM releases supplementary textbooks; attacks NCERT over removal of portions
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday strongly criticised the NCERT for its recent omission of key portions from school textbooks and said that the move was with the political intention…
- India
Kerala CM to release textbooks adding portions removed by NCERT
Thiruvananthapuram: The Left government in Kerala on Wednesday said it would bring out additional textbooks, which include the portions that had been removed earlier by the National Council of Educational Research and…
- Delhi
Delhi HC seeks Centre, NCERT’s reply on plea against online bids from enlisted firms
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Union Education Ministry and the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) regarding a plea challenging online bids from…
- India
‘Deletion’ of Darwin theory: Union min Pradhan says nothing of this sort happened
Pune: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought to assuage fears about the ‘deletion’ of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from the NCERT textbooks and said “nothing of this sort has happened.”…
- India
Controversy around NCERT textbooks ‘ rationalisation ‘unwarranted’: JNU VC
New Delhi: The recent controversy around the rationalisation of NCERT textbooks is “unwarranted”, said JNU vice-chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Friday, asserting that the revised syllabus must include new “discoveries and knowledge”.…
- India
Attacks on NCERT by academicians unwarranted: UGC Chief
New Delhi: Hitting back at the academicians who expressed their displeasure over frequent revision of school textbooks in an “illogical manner”, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday…
- India
‘Embarrassed…’: Palshikar, Yogendra Yadav ask NCERT to drop their names as advisors
New Delhi: Flagging arbitrary and irrational cuts in Political Science textbooks, Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav have said they were “embarrassed” that they should be mentioned as chief advisors to these “mutilated”…
- India
Kerala govt criticises removal of chapter on democracy from NCERT class 10 text book
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has criticised the removal of chapters on the Periodic Table and challenges to democracy, among other topics from Class 10 textbooks by the NCERT, and said it amounts…
- India
NCERT drops chapters on democracy from class 10 textbook
The newly released textbooks by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have now dropped the chapter on democracy in Class 10th textbook in order to reduce “burden on students”.…
