NCERT withdraws Class 8 social science book ‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond’ after controversy over a chapter on corruption in the judiciary; issues unconditional apology.

The Council has also urged that any content related to the chapter, if posted on any social media or digital platforms, be deleted at the earliest possible time ...

NCERT issued a public apology and withdrew its Class 8 Social Science textbook Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part II) ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all central and state educational institutes receiving public funds, either partially ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Centre and all states to bar three NCERT panelists, including social science curriculum chairperson Prof Michel Danino, from any publicly funded ...

The social science textbook for Class 8 stated that corruption, a massive backlog of cases and the lack of an adequate number of judges are among the challenges faced by the judicial system ...

The court observed that controversial chapter discussing corruption and pendency in judiciary had been prepared by textbook development team chaired by Danino, with Diwakar, Kumar as members| India Ne ...

Supreme Court hearing on NCERT book row prompts Centre to order review of school textbooks NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has directed the National Council of ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday issued a public apology for including a chapter discussing alleged “corruption” and “backlogs” in the judiciary in a Class ...

The decision was taken while the apex court was hearing a suo motu case concerning NCERT's Class 8 social science book.

The Court observed that the persons who prepared the chapter either lacked reasonable knowledge on the subject or had deliberately attempted to project a negative image of the judiciary.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has finally responded to the recent controversy over the ...