{"id":247567,"date":"2023-06-12T20:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247567"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T04:21:12","slug":"jnu-vc-on-ncert-deletions-there-is-no-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jnu-vc-on-ncert-deletions-there-is-no-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"JNU VC on NCERT deletions: There is no conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cJNU VC on NCERT deletions: There is no conspiracy\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on 12th June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Issues related to development and management of education<\/p>\n

Relevance- <\/strong>Issues related to curriculum<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– Recently, there was controversy over textbook revision by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.<\/p>\n

What is the rationale for recent changes in NCERT textbooks?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Some changes were made to reflect the changing realities<\/strong>. These include the incorporation of content related to information technology and computers. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The textbooks are revised in accordance with the reforms in the country\u2019s educational system. <\/strong>The National Education Policy 2020<\/strong> emphasises on reducing the content load <\/strong>and providing opportunities for experiential learning with a creative mindset.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The current process of rationalisation is motivated by the effects of the pandemic <\/strong>on the educational system. There was loss of learning and increased load <\/strong>on the students. This was also a concern expressed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee On Education. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What are arguments against the criticism of recent NCERT textbook revision?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The periodic table<\/strong> has not been removed from the school education curriculum. It has been reassigned to Unit 3 in the Class 11 textbook<\/strong>. Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution<\/strong> is covered in \u201cgreat detail\u201d in chapter six of the Class 12 textbook. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The missing reference to Maulana Azad from the Class 11 Political Science textbook is not a part of the current process of rationalisation.<\/strong> The reference was dropped from 2014-15 onwards.<\/p>\n

The major chunk of confusion is caused by the deletion of some items<\/strong>. The critics argued they were not included in the notification of the rationalisation. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is part of the regular process of reprinting<\/strong> where minor deletions <\/strong>are not notified to avoid unnecessary confusion. <\/strong><\/p>\n

These textbooks are for this year alone. The textbooks are supposed to be revised regularly<\/strong> by the Textbook Development Committee constituted in 2005. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This committee is mandated to develop the syllabus in line with the 2005 National Curriculum Framework.<\/strong> Each proposed change is first sent to the Textbook Committee, which is tasked to analyse and recommend<\/strong> them.<\/p>\n

These decisions were taken by the expert panel.<\/strong> The NCERT arrived at these decisions after consultation with \u201cin-house\u201d domain experts<\/strong>, as well as 25 external specialists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Changes and revisions in textbooks, and controversies<\/strong> are nothing new. In 2006, a chapter on Sikhism had to be changed because of enormous controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cJNU VC on NCERT deletions: There is no conspiracy\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 12th June 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of education Relevance- Issues related to curriculum News– Recently, there was controversy over textbook revision by the National Council of Educational… Continue reading JNU VC on NCERT deletions: There is no conspiracy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"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],"class_list":["post-247567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704922506},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247567","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}