Tag: NCERT

Periodic table not removed from school curriculum, it’s included in Class 11 book: NCERT

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, 2023

NCERT: Periodic Table, Democracy dropped from class 10 textbooks

These deletions are part of a "rationalization" effort aimed at reducing the workload on students.

June 1, 2023

NCERT drops content from class 12 Political Science book after objection from Sikh body

NCERT 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, 2023

“Extremely unfortunate…,” BHU Prof on removing Darwin’s theory from NCERT textbook

Earlier 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, 2023

NCERT Panel for study material in Kui & Desia lang

The committee is headed by Prof BK Panda, project director, center of excellence for studies in classical Odia.

April 23, 2023

Modern India should start from 2014: Kapil Sibal

Taking 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, 2023

CBSE adopts National Curriculum Framework for Foundation Stage from 2023-24

CBSE 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, 2023

Unrecognised madrasas in UP to modernise syllabus

The seminaries imparting only religious education have also been asked to include subjects like maths, English, computers, Hindi, and others in the curriculum.

November 1, 2022

Educating India

A common stereotype about some Muslims is that they are not interested in educating girls and, therefore, do not send girls to schools.

July 13, 2022

Rationalised syllabi

It 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, 2021

Delhi Police bust racket involved in printing pirated NCERT books

Schools 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, 2021

Steps taken by Government to use Artificial Intelligence for education transformation

Meanwhile, 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, 2021

JEE Main 2020 paper analysis, 3 September: Day 3 shift 1

Many of you must be eager to know if the paper was of the same level or if the difficulty level is increased.

September 3, 2020

Illegally printed NCERT books of worth Rs 35 crores confiscated

In 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, 2020

NEP 2020 will lay foundation for New India, says PM Modi, stresses policy focuses on ‘how to think’

The 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, 2020

‘False narrative’ being created over exclusion of topics by CBSE, it’s merely ‘one-time measure’: HRD minister

The 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, 2020

Funds for Learning~II

Barring 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.

February 22, 2020