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This query was raised a few months after an NCERT panel suggested that ‘India’ should be called as ‘Bharat’ in all Social Science textbooks upto Class 12

A NCERT committee for curriculum development in India has recommended replacing the term India with Bharat in school textbooks. The committee also suggested highlighting the victories of Hindu kings and representing the history since Independence more accurately. The recommendations are pending approval from the education ministry.

This suggestion has been made by the 2022 Social Science committee, and will be implemented from next academic year, the committee's chairman Prof C.I. Issac (Retd) said.

CBSE has directed affiliated schools to consider Indian languages as optional mediums of instruction to promote multilingual education.

NCERT Textbook Row: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed the periodic table from Class 10 textbooks. -- aaa

The country’s scientific community believes that students’ thought processes will be seriously handicapped if they are deprived of exposure to this fundamental discovery of science.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly objected to NCERT

As part of its ”syllabus rationalisation” exercise last year, the NCERT, citing ”overlapping” and ”irrelevant” as reasons, dropped certain portions from the syllabus including lessons on Mughal courts from its class 12 textbooks

NCERT has received backlash for removing various chapters for Class 11 and Class 12 textbooks, particularly the chapters involving the Mughal Empire. However, defending its decision, top officials from NCERT has stated that the removal of certain chapters and revision of the syllabus has been done to ease the burden on students., Education News, Times Now

While netizens slammed the publication for allegedly preaching biased thoughts into young minds, Twitterati wrote, "Discrimination starts here."