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New NCERT books from next session to have chapters on Chandrayaan-3, G20

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that NCERT will be introducing new books in the new academic session which will also teach students about how India carried out COVID-19 management

NCERT Textbook Row: 'No merit in hue and cry,' UGC Chairman slams academics opposing rationalisation 

As many as 73 academicians, including vice chancellors of central universities, NIT directors and IIM chairpersons, on Thursday termed the withdrawal of names over the NCERT textbook row a “spectacle” by some “arrogant and self-interested” people.

NCERT says Periodic Table not removed from curriculum, available in class 11 texbook

On Thursday, NCERT announced that it will drop topics like the periodic classification of elements, democracy, political parties and challenges to democracies from class 10th textbooks

NCERT drops chapters on periodic table, democracy from class 10 books to 'reduce content load' on students

NCERT has also dropped a chapter on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the origin of life on Earth, human evolution and heredity. However, the body clarified that as part of its rationalisation process, the chapters were temporarily removed during the pandemic

NCERT delays NTSE 2022 till further notice, check details here

The scholarship is given to those students who want to pursue their education in the field of Science and Social Sciences till PhD

Uttarakhand Waqf Board to demolish illegal structures on its land

Shadab Shams was elected unopposed as the president of the 10-member board on 7 September. Shams said Waqf properties worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore across Uttarakhand are illegally occupied

Decline in young population causing decline in student enrolment in schools, suggests NCERT study

The report said that enrolment is a function of population, so a decline in the child population in the age groups of 6-11, 11-14, and 14-16 years is reflected in the enrolment at each stage

Bhopal pulled up for not following school bag policy? A look at what the government guidelines say

After it was observed that textbooks, notebooks, guides, water bottles and lunch boxes contribute to the heavy weight of bags, the Centre, in 2018, issued guidelines that instructed schools to ensure students don't get overburdened by the heavy weight of bags. But how many states follow them?

Gap in mathematics learning outcomes of girls and boys grows in higher classes: MoE survey

The survey has also indicated that the worst hit by academic disruptions during the pandemic are those studying in state-government run schools

NCPCR seeks reply from NCERT over inclusion of story by Harsh Mander in text book

The Commission said it received a complaint highlighting a story titled Weathering the Storm in Ersama included in the English book Moments for Class IX.