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Why NCERT’s teacher training manual on gender has sparked a controversy

The manual came into the spotlight after founder of Garuda Prakashan, an international publishing venture focused on Indic narratives, shared a page from it on X.

Next stop, revisionist central & Donald reporting for Putin duty

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Parsis to Tibetans, India ‘safe haven’ for ‘persecuted communities’ for centuries—new Class 7 NCERT book

Previous NCERT social science textbooks didn't have such a chapter. No connection to CAA controversy, says NCERT director.

Op Sindoor, now in NCERT classrooms—‘mission of honour’ to counter terror ‘ordered by Pakistan leadership’

ThePrint Exclusive: NCERT releases supplementary reading material on Op Sindoor for classes 3 to 12, which says Indian Muslims 'wore black armbands and openly denounced the attack'.

History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Auroville drew Michel Danino to India. He now leads NCERT team drafting new social science textbooks

New Delhi: Long before he became a prominent voice in Indian civilisation studies, academic Michel Danino was a curious teenager in France, immersed in...

‘Injustice or conspiracy’—Deepender Hooda questions NCERT map showing Haryana as part of Maratha empire

There have been calls for ‘correction’ in map in the Class 8 social science textbook. The Congress MP termed the map ‘utterly false’.

‘What about Rajput valour?’ Battle of identity in Rajasthan BJP over NCERT’s ‘glorification’ of Marathas

A map in the third chapter, 'The Rise of the Marathas', of the revised NCERT social science book for Class 8 students has particularly riled them.

NEP turns 5: Gains, gaps & ground realities, a report card on India’s biggest education reform

Many of the schemes recommended under the policy are now in place, but implementation is uneven. Stakeholders say it's too early to expect widespread results.

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.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.