‘Invisible planes in 4th century India, rockets of Krishna’s grandson’: What states want in NCERT books
Sourav Roy Barman | 13 October 2023 | The Print
New Delhi: From the Uttar Pradesh government’s push to include “4th Century Vaimanik Shastra” that deals with “invisible planes” in the curriculum, to Haryana’s proposal to project philosopher Maharishi Kanada as the “father of atomic theory”, the Centre has over the past year received a series of suggestions from various states as it works to revise school textbooks.
The proposals, which ThePrint has seen, were officially submitted by the states between 2022 and 2023 to the national steering committee of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous body under the ministry of education, in charge of drawing up the school syllabus and textbooks in India.