New Delhi: “India” must be changed with “Bharat” within the faculty textbooks for all lessons, a high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the varsity curriculum, has beneficial. According to committee chairperson C I Isaac, the panel has recommended changing the title “India” with “Bharat” within the textbooks, introducing “classical history” as a substitute of “ancient history” within the curriculum, and together with the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) within the syllabus for all topics.NCERT officers, nonetheless, mentioned no resolution has been taken but on the panel’s suggestions.
“The committee has unanimously recommended that the name ‘Bharat’ should be used in textbooks for students across classes. We have also recommended introducing ‘classical history’ instead of ‘ancient history’ in the textbooks,” Isaac advised PTI. He mentioned the committee has additionally beneficial highlighting “Hindu victories” in numerous battles within the textbooks.
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“Our failures are presently mentioned in the textbooks. But our victories over the Mughals and sultans are not,” mentioned Isaac, who can also be a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). The NCERT is revising the curriculum of the varsity textbooks in step with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
On media experiences about altering the title of India to Bharat in all NCERT textbooks, NCERT says that for the reason that growth of recent syllabus and textbooks is within the course of and for that goal numerous Curricular Area Groups of area consultants are being notified by the NCERT. So, it… https://t.co/63muredLP7 pic.twitter.com/FiZvyZFfRE
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The council lately constituted a 19-member National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC) to finalize the curriculum, textbooks, and studying materials for these lessons.”The committee has also recommended the introduction of the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) in the curriculum of all subjects,” Isaac mentioned.
Other members of the committee embrace ICHR Chairperson Raghuvendra Tanwar, Vandana Mishra, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Vasant Shinde, former vice-chancellor of the Deccan College Deemed University, and Mamta Yadav, who teaches sociology in a Haryana authorities faculty.
