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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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.”…
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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”.…
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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…
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‘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”…
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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…
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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”.…
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NCERT drops references to Khalistan demand from class 12 pol-sci textbook
New Delhi: The NCERT has dropped references to the demand for a separate Sikh nation Khalistan from the class 12 political science textbook following objections from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),…
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Gandhi’s assassination, RSS ban: Kerala likely to teach deleted NCERT syllabus
Thiruvananthapuram: Students in Kerala are likely to be taught the portions that the NCERT had deleted from its class 11 and 12 textbooks, including those pertaining to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi…
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Scientists, educators write open letter against dropping biological evolution theory from Class 10
New Delhi: A group of more than 1,800 scientists, science teachers and educators has written an open letter raising concerns about the chapter on “Theory of Biological Evolution” being dropped from the…
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NCERT consulted 25 external experts for syllabus rationalisation: Edu Ministry
New Delhi: The NCERT consulted 25 external experts and 16 CBSE teachers to carry out its syllabus rationalisation exercise as part of which portions on the Mughals, Mahatma Gandhi, his assassin Nathuram…
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Tharoor slams govt over removal of Maulana Azad references from NCERT textbook
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed the government over the removal of references to India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in the new NCERT class 11…
