Next chapter, India’s military might. NCERT preparing module on Op Sindoor for classes 3-12

NCERT, it is learnt, is also preparing modules on Mission LiFE, and India’s rise as a space power. ‘Idea is to showcase country’s achievements’.

Foreign Secy Vikram Misri with IAF Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, and Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi briefing the press on Op Sindoor at National Media Centre in New Delhi on 7 May, 2025 | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) is preparing special modules on Operation Sindoor for students of classes 3rd to 12th with an aim to make students aware about India’s military power, sources confirmed to ThePrint.

Initiated in the early hours of 7 May, Operation Sindoor involved military strikes by India against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The strikes were in response to the Pahalgam massacre.

According to officials in the government, the NCERT modules will be released in two parts. While part one will be for classes 3rd to 8th, part two will be taught to classes 9th to 12th. Each module is eight to ten pages.

“The aim is to make students aware of India’s military power and how Pakistan was once again defeated. Through this module, students will also learn about Operation Sindoor and the strategic strength of our armed forces,” a senior official told ThePrint. 

NCERT is also preparing special modules as supplementary reading material for students, focusing on key national themes, ThePrint has learnt. The programme aims to “make students aware of the country’s achievements” and instill “a sense of pride”. So far, 15 such modules have been released on themes including ‘Viksit Bharat’, ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’, ‘G20’, ‘COVID-19’, ‘Bharat-mother of democracy’, and ‘Chandrayaan’.

Along with Operation Sindoor, the NCERT is also preparing some other modules.  “The upcoming modules will be about Mission LiFE, the horrors of Partition, and India’s rise as a space power—from Chandrayaan and Aditya-L1 to Subhanshu Shukla’s presence on the International Space Station. The idea is to highlight the road ahead by showcasing the country’s achievements,” said another government official.

The NCERT has included events from recent history in textbooks. In the newly released Class 8 social science textbook, it has mentioned the ‘surgical strike’—referring to India’s 2016 military action across the Line of Control (LoC). The book also compares Maratha ruler Shivaji’s attack on Mughal nobleman Shaista Khan to a “modern-day surgical strike”.

(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)