As per the NCERT, the decision has been taken to reduce the content load on students in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 3, 2023These deletions are part of a "rationalization" effort aimed at reducing the workload on students.
June 1, 2023NCERT has its own procedure that when such a request is received, it forms a committee of exports and takes decisions based on the recommendations of that export committee.
May 30, 2023Earlier on Saturday, Minister of State (MoS) for Education Subhas Sarkar said there was "misleading propaganda" about the removal of Darwin's Theory from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) science textbook for class 10.
April 30, 2023The committee is headed by Prof BK Panda, project director, center of excellence for studies in classical Odia.
April 23, 2023Taking a dig at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for removing chapters from history books, Independent MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that modern Indian history should begin from 2014.
April 5, 2023CBSE stated that under the new framework, new structure of five-year education at the foundational stage from nursery to class two will be introduced in the session 2023-24.
March 20, 2023The seminaries imparting only religious education have also been asked to include subjects like maths, English, computers, Hindi, and others in the curriculum.
November 1, 2022A common stereotype about some Muslims is that they are not interested in educating girls and, therefore, do not send girls to schools.
July 13, 2022It is fervently to be hoped that books on social sciences, notably history, that are open to subjective reflection will not be drastically changed to suit a particular perspective on Mughal and British India. Preeminently, this must include the NCERT’s book on Indian history, published in the early 1990s. The NCERT director, Mr Sridhar Srivastava, has underscored the need to rationalize the syllabi for the publication of suitably edited textbooks.
December 29, 2021Schools were allegedly getting hefty monetary benefits from the publishers in lieu of prescribing their books. Consequent to the government’s move, there was a sudden rise in demand for the NCERT books, Deo said.
October 6, 2021Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced Artificial Intelligence as a subject in class IX from session 2019-2020 and in Class-XI from session 2020-2021 in their affiliated schools.
March 16, 2021Many of you must be eager to know if the paper was of the same level or if the difficulty level is increased.
September 3, 2020In a joint operation of police and STF six printing press and illegally printed books of worth Rs 35 crore have been confiscated during a raid at a store.
August 22, 2020The Union Cabinet on July 29 gave its approval to a new National Education Policy aimed to bring about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.
August 7, 2020The CBSE has reduced up to 30 per cent of the syllabus for the 2020-21 academic session for classes 9 to 12 in a bid to decrease the course load for students during the pandemic.
July 9, 2020Barring few exceptions, most teachers in our country lack the proper mental makeup and orientation. No suitable mechanism has so far been evolved to assess their efficiency. Statistical data reveals that examination related suicides of teenagers are the highest in West Bengal. Parents, grandparents and relatives of school children are bewildered over the militant attitude of incompetent teachers.
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