Preamble to the Constitution Dropped from Several Class III and VI Textbooks

Basant Kumar Mohanty | 05 August 2024 | The Telegraph

The Preamble to the Constitution has been dropped from several Class III and Class VI textbooks issued by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) this year. The omission has taken place from some textbooks for what are considered the “main academic subjects”, such as the languages and environmental studies (EVS).

The NCERT, which published textbooks for all classes between 2005-06 and 2007-08, is revising them after the introduction of the latest National Education Policy (NEP) by the NDA government in 2020. This year, new books have been issued for Classes III and VI, also keeping the new National Curriculum Framework in mind…

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