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NCERT drops references to Babri Masjid in Class 12 textbooks
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the class 12th political science textbook to give a more comprehensive account of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. These modifications are a…
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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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Pawar ‘endorses’ Karnataka govt’s move to revise textbooks
Jalgaon: Nationalist Congress Party President (NCP) Sharad Pawar here on Friday, has indirectly supported the decision of the new Congress government in Karnataka to drop chapters from school textbooks on RSS founder…
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BJP in Karnataka to hold meeting amid textbook revision row
Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka has decided to hold a meeting over the Congress-led government’s decision to revise textbooks. The decision was taken during a meeting organised at the…
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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”…
- Bangalore
Exaggeration of Veer Savarkar in Karnataka school books questioned
Bengaluru: After violence over the removal of Veer Savarkar’s flexes in Shivamogga and opposition to placing his picture next to Lord Ganesh’s idols during Vinayak Chaturthi, the social media is discussing exaggeration…
- Bangalore
Karnataka textbook row: BJP bows down to criticism, orders rectification
Bengaluru: The BJP government in Karnataka has bowed down to criticism from various quarters regarding the revision of textbooks by the committee headed by the Kananda Development Authority President, Rohit Chakratirtha. The…
- Bangalore
‘Cong doesn’t want Hindu gods’, BJP hits back on textbook revision row
Bengaluru: Adopting a defiant posture, the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Thursday hit back at the Congress saying the previous Congress governments changed the syllabus of the textbook to “please minorities”. Ever…
- Bangalore
Experts fear textbook revision row will dent image of Karnataka as education hub
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been known as an educational hub at the national level. Educational clusters are established across the state. People from across the country prefer to study in reputed educational institutions…
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Karnataka: AISEC criticises textbook revision celebrating RSS
Last month, a debate erupted over the textbook revisions in Karnataka state’s official curriculum. Rohith Chakratirtha, the head of the review committee, to be fired. The new curiculum, in keeping with saffronisation…
- Bangalore
Textbook revision row: Karnataka Congress rejects revised textbooks, stages protest
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress on Thursday staged a protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Vidhana Soudha premises condemning the revision of syllabus in the state by the BJP government.…
