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Removal of Razia Sultan and Noor Jehan from NCERT textbooks amounts to historical silencing
August 28, 2025 1:40 pm
Students deserve to know that there were Muslim women who transcended patriarchy and ruled with grit
From carrying rockets on bicycles to Chandrayaan: NCERT modules document India's space missions
August 25, 2025 8:14 am
Two modules titled 'India: A rising space power' highlights how the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), set up in 1962 under Vikram Sarabhai, grew into the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which went on to script achievements that have placed India among the leading spacefaring nations.
Operation Sindoor a military success, tech breakthrough, political message all rolled into one: NCERT’s new module
August 21, 2025 6:53 pm
Two modules have been released – one for the preparatory (classes 3 to 5) and middle stage (classes 6 to 8), and another for the secondary stage (classes 9 to 12).
No Tipu Sultan, no Anglo-Mysore wars in Class 8 NCERT book: Why the Centre says that’s okay
August 07, 2025 9:25 am
New syllabus prioritises broad historical survey; states free to expand on local figures
‘Baseless, deeply objectionable’: Jaisalmer royal slams new NCERT textbook depicting city as part of 'Maratha Empire'
August 06, 2025 7:51 pm
Chaitanya Raj Singh urges Education Minister to act, says no historical record shows Maratha dominance over Jaisalmer
NCERT is boosting the arts in secondary school. It must do the same for higher education
July 27, 2025 3:33 pm
As a discipline, the humanities are in crisis in academia across the globe. But if India has to distinguish itself from other countries and revive some of the best practices of its traditional knowledge systems, it should boost humanities studies and research in higher education, giving due priority to performative arts
NCERT panel head defends ‘broad survey’ approach in new social science textbooks
July 26, 2025 5:42 pm
Pointing out that his note represents his personal opinion, Danino wrote that the rationale for these books providing only a broad survey is that “a number of school students drop out at the end of class 8, and should be exposed to such an overview before leaving school.”
NCERT Social Science Textbook: Class 8 new book flags ‘brutality’ of Mughals, with no-blame disclaimer
July 17, 2025 9:30 am
The NCERT says the rationale for including them has been explained in a “Note on Some Darker Periods in History” and one of the chapters in the book includes a cautionary note that “no one should be held responsible today for events of the past”.
Despite flaws, new NCERT textbooks try to reconnect youngsters with their civilisation's moral foundations
May 15, 2025 3:43 pm
Nations are not solely born from protest, but also from shared narratives of song, scripture, myth, and memory. A pedagogy rooted in such narratives is necessary to craft a national historical consciousness
CUET UG 2025: Is NCERT enough for college entrance preparation?
March 31, 2025 7:27 pm
CUET UG 2025: A key thing that a student needs to understand is that CUET UG is not solely a test of academic knowledge.
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