NCERT News & Updates

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Need not notify minor deletions from textbooks as they are ‘regular’ in nature: NCERT

In June 2022, the NCERT made public a list of changes and deletions in the reprinted textbooks that came into the market recently. However, many deletions, including the ones on Mahatma Gandhi, were not notified.

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There is misleading propaganda about removing Darwin's theory from NCERT textbook: MoS Education

Minister of State (MoS) for Education Subhas Sarkar on Saturday said there was "misleading propaganda" about the removal of Darwin's Theory from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) science textbook for class 10.

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Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan in new NCERT panel for content in school textbooks

NCERT forms committee, including Sudha Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan, and Sanjeev Sanyal, to finalize curriculum and textbooks for classes 3 to 12.

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Nehru, Gujarat riots & more: Kerala school books to have portions deleted by NCERT

The Kerala government’s revised school curriculum, which includes portions that have been removed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (

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'Invisible planes in 4th century India, rockets of Krishna's grandson': What states want in NCERT books

Haryana proposes students be taught that Maharishi Kanada is father of atomic theory not John Dalton. YSRCP-led Andhra says need to 'not succumb to superstition in name of antiquity'.

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NCERT module credits PM Modi for success of Chandrayaan-3, ignores ISRO's track record

'After every failure, Isro never gave up. But the text in the NCERT module creates the impression that Chandrayaan-3 was launched only after the Prime Minister asked the scientists to try once more. This may not be matching Isro’s track record,' a space expert said

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'Replace syllabus with WhatsApp forwards': Netizens amid India-Bharat buzz

NCERT Panel approves replacing 'INDIA' with 'BHARAT' in NCERT books. Politicians like Sanjay Raut, Manoj Jha criticize decision to change name. Mixed reactions on social media to recommendation of name change

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Ramayana likely to be part of NCERT social science textbooks | India News - Times of India

India News: A high-level panel from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India has recommended that epics like Ramayana and Mahabh

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EC wants to vet NCERT social science books — less 'conflict & movements', more 'citizenship development'

EC proposal is 'an outcome of high-level correspondence starting from 2016, between chief election commissioner and HRD (now education) minister', show official records.

theprint.in

 

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NCERT Book on ‘Viksit Bharat’ touts Modi government schemes, policies

The NCERT book on Viksit Bharat has sections on Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, Start-up India campaigns, Jan Dhan Yojana, PM Modi’s ‘Vision 2047’. It is for school children.

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