Basant Kumar Mohanty | 20 October 2024 | The Telegraph

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is yet to restore the content it had dropped from the school syllabus in 2022 citing Covid-induced disruption, raising questions over its intent behind the exercise.

Some educationists said the NCERT’s decision to delete 30 per cent of the syllabus and material from textbooks was politically motivated and aimed at pleasing the government, which was not happy with certain content.

The issue has assumed more significance since the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts entrance tests, has decided to withdraw certain exam relaxations that it had allowed during the pandemic….

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