On Tuesday, Dinesh Prasad Saklani, the director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) clarified that its a “lie”and chapters on Mughals had not been ‘dropped’ from CBSE books.
“It’s a lie. (Chapters on) Mughals have not been dropped. There was a rationalisation process last year because due to COVID, there was pressure on students everywhere,” the NCERT director told ANI.
Further he mentioned that expert committees examined the books from standards 6-12. “They recommended that if this chapter is dropped, it won’t affect the knowledge of the children and an unnecessary burden can be removed…The debate is unnecessary. Those who don’t know can check the textbooks…,” Saklani said.
He highlighted that currently the school students are studying the history of the Mughals in NCERT’s class 7th book.
“Along with this, the history of Mughals is being taught in Empires in section-2 of the 11th class book. And in the class 12th book there were 2 chapters on the history of the Mughals, out of which theme nine was removed last year, while theme eight is still being taught to the students. This year no chapter has been removed from any book,” Saklani further said.
“We are working as per NEP (National Education Policy) 2020. This is a transition phase. NEP 2020 speaks of reducing the content load. We are implementing it. NCF (National Curriculum Framework) for school education is being formed, it will be finalised soon. Textbooks will be printed in 2024 as per NEP. We have not dropped anything right now,” the NCERT chief said.
Gulab Devi, the minister of secondary education for Uttar Pradesh, denied Monday’s rumours that the Mughal Sultanate would be removed from the CBSE and UP Board curriculum. “Our curriculum hasn’t changed in any way. I kindly ask anyone circulating this kind of inaccurate news to stop doing so “said Gulab Devi.
It is unclear if the new education policy will result in any additional adjustments. There is no change at the moment. She stated that the 2023–2024 curriculum will be the same as it was in 2022.
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