The additional textbooks would be release on August 23 by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a function to be held in a government school.
The 19-member high-powered committee, named the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC), will be led by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) Chancellor MC Pant.
Odisha: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that schools will make provisions for students who want to study in Odia or any other medium.
After the controversy broke out, Pradhan spoke to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which is an autonomous body, and sought details.
As many as 73 academicians, including vice-chancellors of central universities, NIT directors, and IIM chairpersons, on Thursday, termed the withdrawal of names over the NCERT textbook row a "spectacle" by some "arrogant and self-interested" people.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed the periodic table, and sources of energy chapters from the class 10th chemistry textbooks. Check details here.
The NCERT has described the omissions as a possible oversight but refused to undo the deletions, saying they were based on the recommendations of experts.
NCERT drops chapters on Mughal Empire from Class 12 history books
In NCERT Textbook Trim: Mughal era, Delhi Sultanate, Emergency impact and 2002 riots
NCERT drops texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity, RSS ban from class 12 textbook
Children will no longer read the history of Mughals!
What has NCERT changed about Godse and Gandhi?
The statement of NCERT Chief come after some controversies arose over certain content related to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination being dropped from its textbooks without any notification.
NCERT has removed several texts on Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu-Muslim unity and RSS from CBSE Class 12 Political Science textbook for the new academic session 2023-24.
The government has removed the chapter of history of the Mughal period and the work done during the Congress governments after independence from the history syllabus in the intermediate. It was claimed that now the children of our country will not read the history of the Mughal period.
Now there will be no mention of Mughal court in the books,,,How great akbar was... It won't be taught... After NCERT, UP Board has also removed Mughal chapter from class 12 syllabus.
Have the Mughals been unnecessarily glorified in history so far... This question is arising because now NCERT has removed the chapter of Mughal Darbar from the 12th class books.
As per the reports, the NCERT has removed the chapters and topics related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)’ from the history book.
The NCERT textbooks for all grades will be revised in accordance with National Curriculum Framework, officials said.
NCERT is preparing to bring a balanced perspective of all genders in the new National Curriculum Framework and textbooks.
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