Will The NCERT Pass The Test Of Democracy?
Rakhi Bose | 13 November 2023 | Outlook
In the last week of October, a panel overseeing the development of textbooks in the NCERT, one of 25 such committees, unanimously decided to suggest changing the name “India” to Bharat” in school textbooks. The proposal came against the backdrop of an ongoing debate about renaming the country as ‘Bharat’.
The debate was stoked earlier when the Centre sent G20 dinner invites hosted by President Droupadi Murmu in the name of “President of Bharat”. According to committee chairperson CI Issac, the move is intended to decolonise the Indian education and knowledge system.