class 8 education

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court's ban on the Class 8 NCERT textbook containing a chapter on judicial corruption has protected the judiciary's dignity from unwarranted attacks in young minds, CPI(M) leader John Brittas said on Friday, arguing that "prejudice against shared history...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's intervention in the controversy over alleged remarks disrespecting the judiciary in an NCERT Class 8 textbook, and called for a comprehensive investigation into recent textbook...

New Delhi, February 27 The Congress on Friday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NCERT controversy, saying that the Prime Minister himself guided and shaped the "Nagpur Communal Ecosystem for Rewriting of Textbooks," which is the real NCERT.The opposition party said that the next...

New Delhi, February 26 The Union Ministry of Education wrote to the ministries of information and broadcasting, and electronics on Thursday, asking them to stop the dissemination of a controversial NCERT textbook through digital platforms and electronic media, officials said.This directive...

New Delhi, February 26 Following the criticism from the Supreme Court, the NCERT is investigating the process used to create the textbooks that led to the inclusion of a chapter on "judicial corruption," sources said.The Council is also identifying the individuals responsible for the inclusion...

Jamshedpur/New Delhi, February 26 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed his dismay on Thursday over the NCERT including a chapter on judicial corruption in its Class 8 textbook, while promising to hold individuals accountable and take action against those involved in drafting the...

Mumbai, February 26 – Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, Vikas Singh, criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday for including a chapter on judicial corruption in its textbook, calling the move "unfortunate." He...

New Delhi, February 26 The Congress said on Thursday that the Supreme Court is rightly concerned about critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks, and claimed that the rewriting of such books over the past decade has been an RSS-driven exercise full of "deception and malice".The...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to "corruption within the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).According to...

New Delhi, February 25 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 social science curriculum, prompting the syllabus-setting body to remove the contentious textbook from its website.A three-judge bench, comprising the CJI and...

New Delhi, February 25 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 curriculum, stating that no one on Earth will be allowed to defame the judiciary and tarnish its integrity.A three-judge bench, comprising the CJI and justices...

New Delhi, February 25 – Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed strong disapproval on Wednesday regarding references to "corruption in the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the contents of the Class 8 NCERT textbook, which refers to corruption in the judiciary, and termed it a matter of "grave concern."A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and...