Rationalisation & Revision of Textbooks, How NCERT Chief Tried to Make History in 2023
Vatsala Shrangi | 24 December 2023 | News 18
Teaching history at the Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani was appointed as the NCERT director last February. (Photo: X @ncert)
From the “controversial” changes introduced in school textbooks to crucial reforms brought in by the BJP-ruled government at the Centre in the education system, Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani heading the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been the man in the picture throughout the year.
As the year ends, we look at his journey as the NCERT’s director that has made the headlines more often than not.
Teaching history at the Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, Prof Saklani was appointed as the NCERT director last February, the first time that he was heading any academic institution and that too the government’s premier education body. Associated with the department of ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology, Saklani has authored three books, including one titled ‘Ramayana Tradition in Historical Perspective’.