After Kerala Education Minister Slams Hindi Titles of English Textbooks, NCERT Defends Move
17 April 2025 | The Wire
New Delhi: After Kerala education minister V. Sivankutty criticised Hindi titles being given to English textbooks, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has defended the move.
The NCERT has said that language textbooks have been named after musical instruments and classical ragas because these elements of “India’s rich musical heritage are common across all linguistic and cultural traditions of the country,” reported Indian Express.
Earlier, Sivankutty had said on Monday (April 14) that it was absolutely wrong to alter English titles used for decades and NCERT’s move to give Hindi titles to English-medium textbooks is “against federal principles and Constitutional values.”…