NCERT drops 'democracy' from Std X textbook

June 01, 2023 14:25

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad has also been dropped from textbooks

Class 10 students will no longer learn about the periodic table, democracy, and sources of energy from their government-issue textbooks. Complete chapters on the subjects now stand deleted as a part of a "rationalisation" meant to reduce the "burden on students".

The removal of the theory of evolution from the Class 10 curriculum stoked significant concern earlier this year. Newly released textbooks by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have revealed further cuts, including a chapter on the periodic table.

Among the topics dropped from the science textbook are also chapters on environmental sustainability and sources of energy. Full chapters on democracy, challenges to democracy and political parties have also been dropped for Class 10 students after the latest revision.

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