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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: NCERT

Covid upheaval not the only reason: Why homeschooling is taking off in India

Missing out on the social experience is a major drawback for homsechooling, but parents say they have found 'co-curricular' ways to make up for this.

Interactive experiments, 3D dissections — how NCERT virtual lab aims to bring school learning to life

CIET has designed learning content — both virtual & augmented — for math, science, hindi, & environmental sciences for various grades. However, challenges in implementation remain.

‘No controversy’ over NCERT deletions, states free to teach what they want: School education secy

In an interview, Sanjay Kumar defends curriculum 'rationalisation', says textbooks coming out in 2024 will 'herald a new beginning of pedagogy'.

This is your pilot speaking, exits are on your left & common sense to your right

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

‘Planet of the Apes’, an NCERT production & no vacancy, but Ajit submits CV anyway

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

Science community slams NCERT’s move to delete Darwin’s theory of evolution from books: ‘Travesty of education’

An open letter, signed by scientists, teachers & educators, says students’ thought process would be 'seriously handicapped' if deprived of exposure to this fundamental discovery.

Some schools feel NCERT’s deletions in math, science textbooks will affect learning. Here’s how they’re coping

School teachers, principals believe students’ grasp of fundamental concepts will be affected. As a result, some are sticking to the old course while others are offering remedial classes.

Modi govt erasing more than just Mughals from textbooks. It’s also deleting agency of Indians

Selectively erasing history and imposing a single narrative undermines the very foundations of Hindu philosophy.

JNU professor linked to RSS-backed body, DU faculty — experts who suggested controversial NCERT deletions

While NCERT says exercise based entirely on recommendations of ‘expert panel’, some of the experts claim they did offer suggestions, but the final call on accepting them was the council’s.

NCERT textbooks can’t create a secular student. If they did, BJP wouldn’t be in power

Once we give up this myth of school textbooks as the fountain of truth and the child as an empty vessel, we can take a more sober view of what textbooks can and cannot do.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.