{"id":239494,"date":"2023-04-25T21:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=239494"},"modified":"2023-04-26T17:49:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:19:02","slug":"evolution-teaches-children-that-change-is-an-opportunity-erasing-it-from-ncert-textbooks-is-huge-disservice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/evolution-teaches-children-that-change-is-an-opportunity-erasing-it-from-ncert-textbooks-is-huge-disservice\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution teaches children that change is an opportunity, erasing it from NCERT textbooks is huge disservice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<b>\u201cEvolution teaches children that change is an opportunity, erasing it from NCERT textbooks is huge disservice\u201d <\/b>published in the\u00a0<b>Indian Express\u00a0<\/b>on\u00a0<b>25th April 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: About the revision of NCERT textbooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The NCERT had recommended some \u201crationalisation\u201d of the contents of high-school science textbooks.<\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><span id=\"What_are_the_recent_changes_in_the_NCERT_syllabus\">What are the recent changes in the NCERT syllabus?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Must read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/changes-to-the-ncert-syllabus-and-associated-issues\/\">Changes to the NCERT syllabus and associated issues \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_rationale_behind_the_changes_in_NCERT_textbooks\">What is the rationale behind the changes in NCERT textbooks?<\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-rationale-and-challenges-associated-with-the-changes-to-the-ncert-syllabus\/\">Rationale and challenges associated with the changes to the NCERT syllabus<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What are the science-related concerns raised with NCERT textbook revision?<\/h2>\n<p>The revision removed nearly all references to concepts and methods for the study of biological evolution, and renamed the chapter on \u201cHeredity and Evolution\u201d as \u201cHeredity.\u201d The revision also removed Charles Darwin and his evolution concepts.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_response_of_the_NCERT_expert_team_to_various_media_debates\">What is the response of the NCERT expert team to various media debates?<\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here: <a title=\"NCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ncert-textbook-team-members-write-curriculum-has-been-rationalised-for-the-times\/\">NCERT Textbook team members write: Curriculum has been rationalised for the times<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cEvolution teaches children that change is an opportunity, erasing it from NCERT textbooks is huge disservice\u201d published in the\u00a0Indian Express\u00a0on\u00a025th April 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Education. Relevance: About the revision of NCERT textbooks. News: The NCERT&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/evolution-teaches-children-that-change-is-an-opportunity-erasing-it-from-ncert-textbooks-is-huge-disservice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Evolution teaches children that change is an opportunity, erasing it from NCERT textbooks is huge disservice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,11421],"class_list":["post-239494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-ncert-syllabus-change","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704844141},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}