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New Delhi, April 8 The NCERT has reconstituted its curriculum committee after being criticized by the Supreme Court over a section on "Corruption in the Judiciary" in the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, officials said on Wednesday.The high-powered, 20-member National Syllabus...

Based on the advice of the UGC, the Ministry of Education has designated the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) as an institution that falls under a distinct category and is therefore considered a university. In its statement, the Ministry announced that an online...

New Delhi, March 11 In a strong move against three experts involved in drafting a controversial chapter in NCERT's class 8 social science book containing "offensive" content on corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and all state governments to...

New Delhi, March 11 The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has directed the NCERT to review the textbooks of all classes.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that instead of asking the NCERT to do so, it would have...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has withdrawn the social science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" for Grade 8 (Part -II), which included a chapter titled "The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society."In a public apology issued this morning, the...

New Delhi, March 10 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued an unconditional and unqualified public apology on Tuesday regarding a controversial chapter in its now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, which referred to corruption in the judiciary.Ahead...

New Delhi, February 27 The NCERT issued an advisory on Friday, asking anyone who has copies of the banned class 8 textbook, which included a chapter on "judicial corruption," to return them to the council headquarters.In a strongly worded advisory, the National Council of Educational Research...

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 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...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has ordered an immediate nationwide withdrawal of the Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), along with a complete ban on it. This decision comes after observing that the chapter...

Jamshedpur, February 26 – Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed deep regret on Thursday over a controversial chapter in a Class 8 social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which dealt with the judiciary. He also...

New Delhi, February 26 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed his dismay on Thursday over the NCERT introducing a chapter on judicial corruption in its Class 8 textbook, while promising to hold those responsible accountable and take action against them.He also emphasized that...

New Delhi, February 26 The BJP on Thursday termed the controversial chapter in an NCERT textbook discussing judicial corruption as a "sensitive matter", and said it respects the country's judiciary and takes pride in its impartial functioning.The comments came after the Supreme Court imposed a...

New Delhi, February 26 – Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday for including critical references to the judiciary in its textbooks.Reacting to the Supreme Court's observations on the...

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 on Thursday strongly criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in an 8th-grade Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a suo motu case concerning what it described as “objectionable” references to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by NCERT.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...

New Delhi, February 25 The NCERT has removed a Class 8 textbook from its website after facing criticism from the Supreme Court over a chapter discussing judicial corruption, with sources saying the government was not pleased with the inclusion of the controversial topic in the book.The...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a suo motu case on Thursday concerning "objectionable" statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case titled 'In Re...

New Delhi, February 25 Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar praised Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday for taking suo motu cognizance of the chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 curriculum and said the prompt action would help dispel the propaganda against the...