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Topic: NCERT

Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ stance & Maldives’ warmth to China cannot be ignored

ThePrint view on the most important issues

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. 

Education ministry says Anandpur Sahib Resolution not labelled ‘separatist’ in NCERT book

The Anandpur Sahib Resolution was a statement with a list of demands made by the Shiromani Akali Dal in 1973.

NCERT textbook revisions and politics go hand in hand. But it’s different this time

India’s school curriculum has undergone four revisions—in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005—with the last one driven by the politically contested nature of syllabus restructuring under BJP in 2000.

‘Empty rhetoric, hysterical, NCERT forced by Modi govt’ — Oppn reacts to India-Bharat textbook row

RJD's Manoj Jha, Congress's Shivakumar to DMK's Annadurai hit out at NCERT & BJP. BJP's Tamil Nadu vice-president says NCERT chairman has given valid reasons for recommendation.

Panel on new NCERT social science curriculum wants ‘Bharat’, not India, in books — ‘unanimous view’

Panel chairman Prof C.I. Issac (Retd), a historian and RSS ideologue, says committee has also suggested toning down the focus on ‘Hindu defeats’ in social sciences curriculum.

‘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'.

Biannual board exams, focus on practicals — National Curriculum Framework for school education

According to National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023, students of classes 11 & 12 will have to study two languages, one of which has to be an Indian language.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.