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Printing over, volume I school texts set to meet distribution target

93% of books already reached 14 dist hubs; printing of 2nd volume texts to begin in June

published on : 25th May 2023
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All AP school textbooks now available in PDF format 

Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana today launched these e-books after releasing intermediate examination results.

published on : 26th April 2023
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Kerala likely to teach NCERT's deleted portions in state schools

The committee, which met on Tuesday, has entrusted General Education Minister V Sivankutty with taking a final decision on the matter after consulting with the government.

published on : 26th April 2023
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House panel may meet over removal of history chapters

It was the first meeting of the committee after the controversy broke out over deletions from history textbooks, such as that of an entire chapter on Mughal history, references to caste and inequality

published on : 21st April 2023
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NCERT consulted 25 external experts, 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation: Govt

At the heart of the row is the fact that while the changes made as part of the rationalisation exercise were notified, some of these controversial deletions weren't mentioned in them.

published on : 15th April 2023
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'What a disgrace': Tharoor on removal of Maulana Azad references from NCERT textbook

References to freedom fighter and India's first education minister Azad have been removed from the new class 11 political science textbook.

published on : 14th April 2023
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References to Maulana Azad removed from NCERT's new class 11 political science textbook

Last year, the Maulana Azad Fellowship, which provided financial assistance for five years to students from six notified minorities, was discontinued.

published on : 13th April 2023
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Erase history from books, but it won’t leave memory

Erasing a fragment seems parochial while a Gandhian-style confession would have been more impressive. The regime must learn to experiment with truth rather than tinker with it.

published on : 12th April 2023
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Uttarakhand: Authorities raid 256 schools, issue notices to 22 for violating NCERT syllabus

Director General of Education Banshidhar Tiwari cautioned the No Objection Certificates (NOCs) of the defaulting schools will be cancelled.

published on : 10th April 2023
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NCERT's revision of textbooks part of 'saffronisation' agenda, says Kerala CM

In the hard-hitting Facebook post, CM said it was clear whose interest was being served by the omission of portions about the assassination of the 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi.

published on : 7th April 2023
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NCERT drops texts on Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from class 12 textbook

A note by NCERT on its website reads, "in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was felt imperative to reduce content load on students..."

published on : 5th April 2023
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NCERT textbook row: Reference to Gujarat riots dropped from class 11 Sociology book

NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani, however, claimed that the change was approved during the same exercise and it did not find mention in the official notification due to an "oversight".

published on : 5th April 2023
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New NCERT books under NEP from 2024-25

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday held a high-level meeting to discuss faster roll-out of textbooks based on NEP 2020.

published on : 28th March 2023
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Madhya Pradesh in poll year: Changes in school, highway action plans

All those who denigrate our great men like Goswami Tulsidas and their sacred creations, will not be tolerated in MP. All these sacred scriptures will be taught to students, said CM Chouhan.

published on : 24th January 2023
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Law books in ‘mother tongue’ by year-end

Law colleges and institutes can introduce these legal books from the next academic year, Shastry added.

published on : 17th October 2022
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Andhra: Government to distribute 5.4 crore 1st semester textbooks 

3.7 crore books are meant for students of government schools

published on : 11th July 2022
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Textbooks revision controversy: Will place before people contents revised by Congress and BJP regimes, says Karnataka government

The move comes amid the raging controversy over the revision of textbooks with a section of society raising objections over the changes.

published on : 7th June 2022
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Identity politics and the many hues of textbooks

Some in Karnataka might be claiming a win, but it is a pyrrhic victory. What has temporarily won in the state is one type of identity politics over another.

published on : 7th June 2022
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Punjab CM flays sacking of scholar Kirpal Singh from Sikh history resources project

A syllabus oversight committee of eminent Sikh scholars under the chairmanship of Dr Kirpal Singh was set up by the Amarinder Singh government to look into the alleged distortion of Sikhs history

published on : 12th November 2018