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NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday speedily moved to drop references of “corruption at various levels of the judiciary” from its new Class VIII social science textbook after drawing fire from the Supreme Court over what a bench led by CJI Surya Kant called a “deep-rooted conspiracy to…
CJI Surya Kant; Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has pulled its new Class 8 Social Science textbook from sale after it included a section on “corruption in the judiciary,” sources told ANI on Wednesday.The move came hours after the matter was raised in the Supreme Court, with…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took serious exception to Class 8 NCERT test book containing reference to corruption in the judiciary.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant took suo motu cognizance on the matter and said that he would not “allow anyone on earth to defame judiciary.”This comes after a…
NEW DELHI: What slows down a court case, why public trust in courts matters, and how corruption can affect access to justice are now questions Class 8 students will encounter in their civics textbook, with the latest NCERT social science book explicitly listing corruption, massive case pendency and shortage of judges as challenges facing India’s…
AI image created by Chatgpt used for representational purpose only NEW DELHI: A newly introduced NCERT social science textbook for class 8 has outlined key challenges facing country’s judicial system, including corruption, a heavy backlog of cases and an inadequate number of judges.According to news agency PTI, the revised chapter, ‘The Role of the Judiciary…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training, an institution long associated with school textbooks and curriculum design, may soon step into a different institutional role. According to sources in the Ministry of Education, NCERT is likely to be granted deemed-to-be-university status by the end of January, ANI reports.The groundwork for the decision has been…
Severe staff shortages persist at NCERT, NCTE and NIOS, ministry tells parliament NEW DELHI: More than half the sanctioned posts at the National Council of Educational Research and Training remain vacant, according to data shared in Parliament. The figures show that the body carried out no recruitment for two consecutive years.The information was given by…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday backed NCERT’s alleged move to drop the word “Great” from the names of Mughal emperor Akbar and Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in school history textbooks. Speaking at an event in Bongaigaon, he said, “Tipu-Ipu ko maro ekdum. Jahan bhejna hai, udhar hi bhej do. Samundar…
NEW DELHI: The NCERT has rolled out special classroom modules on ‘swadeshi’, tracing its roots from 1905 anti-partition agitation in Bengal to PM Narendra Modi’s call for a self-reliant India.The publications, ‘Swadeshi: Vocal for Local’ (for middle stage) and ‘Swadeshi: For a Self-Reliant India’ (for secondary stage), revisits the historic movement that urged Indians to…
