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[Sushubh]

NCERT drops 3 Babri demolition references, revises Ayodhya dispute section in Class 12 political science book

The official reason for this latest exercise was to reduce the curriculum load further, and to help students recover from learning disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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NCERT drops references to Babri Masjid demolition, Gujarat riots, Hindutva

NCERT's Class 11 chapter on Secularism earlier stated that over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims were massacred during the Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002. It has now been changed to “more than 1,000 persons were killed during the post Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002”.

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[Sushubh]

Tweaks in textbooks based on recent developments: NCERT - Times of India

NCERT clarified recent updates to class XII textbooks as an 'updation' exercise, not syllabus revision. Changes include fixing errors, replacing terms, and aligning content with recent interpretations and events. Updates aim to provide accurate and relevant information to students in line with...

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[Sushubh]

In Revised NCERT Textbook: A rewrite of Ayodhya dispute — and some deletions

Babri Masjid called ‘3-dome structure’, 2019 SC verdict ‘classic example’ of consensus.

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[Sushubh]

‘Why should we teach about riots’: NCERT director on rewrite of Ayodhya dispute in textbook

"Hatred, violence not subjects of teaching in school," NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said, adding that they "shouldn't be focus of textbooks."

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[Navjot Singh]

NCERT introduces 'criticism of secularism' in textbook: Parties disregard equality, prioritise minority

NCERT says that without these revisions, made in the Class XI political science textbook, the chapter on secularism came across as a 'justification of vote bank politics'.

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[Sushubh]

Parents' fascination with English-medium schools no less than suicide: NCERT chief

India news, Education news, NCERT chief news: 'Why should teaching be 'matrabhasha adharit' (based on mother tongue)? Because till then we will not understand our own mother, our roots, how will we understand anything? And multilingual approach is not like teaching in any language is being...

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[Sushubh]

New report card for Classes 9 -12 to cover post-school plans, entrance exams prep and college applications

These elements are part of a new ‘Holistic Progress Card (HPC)’, a report card that PARAKH — a standard-setting body under the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) — recently released for secondary school students (Classes 9 to 12).

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[Sushubh]

Casts India in 'negative light' — NCERT removes cartoon on coalition govts from Class 12 textbook

Cartoon replaced 'in view of post-2014 scenario', says NCERT document. Illustration of 2 students questioning whether democracy would survive or offer meaningful choices also junked.

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Worksheets, digital study materials & PPTs: How Delhi schools are managing without NCERT books in Delhi

Students of Classes 4,5,7 and 8 have been affected by a delay in the printing and distribution of the new National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks.

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