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'.
19-member National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee was notified by NCERT on 21 July, will use National Curriculum Framework for School Education as ‘guiding roadmap’.
Madhya Pradesh minister Inder Singh Parmar accuses Congress of ‘glorifying foreign invaders’ & says Savarkar made significant contributions to Indian freedom struggle.
Responding to letter by Textbook Development Committee members, NCERT says function & term of committees have ended, adding names of academics just an acknowledgement of their contribution.
Yadav and Palshikar have reiterated their demand for removal of their names from NCERT textbooks after the council asserted its right to make changes based on copyright ownership.
Yadav & Palshikar were NCERT's chief advisors for political science books. Calling latest changes to content 'blatantly partisan', the duo said they weren't even informed about them.
An open letter, signed by scientists, teachers & educators, says students’ thought process would be 'seriously handicapped' if deprived of exposure to this fundamental discovery.
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.
Members of NCERT Textbook Development Committee of 2005 say they weren't consulted on deletions and some were not even aware that portions they worked on had been removed.
In the name of easing the students' burden, Modi govt has for the third time deleted crucial events from social science and History textbooks, including a chapter on Mughals.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police placed an order last week for 15 US-made Barrett Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles and related accessories worth...
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