UGC Chairman bats for textbooks' rationalisation by NCERT
UGC Chairman in support of NCERT: Ahead of the NCERT row over the latest textbooks rationalisation, the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar came out in support of the latest textbooks rationalisation by the NCERT.
Taking to his Twitter handle, UGC Chairman wrote that, NCERT has been revising textbooks from time to time in the past too and protests by some of the "academicians" were unwarranted.
Given this, there is no merit in the hue and the cry of these "academicians." The objective behind their grumbling seems to be other than academic reasons. pic.twitter.com/8o7gpXEtJh — Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) June 16, 2023
According to the UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar there was no merit in the "hue and cry of these academicians". The objective behind protests seems to be other than academic reasons, he added.
He further added in the tweet that, "In the recent past, the attacks by some "academicians" on NCERT for revising the textbooks are unwarranted. The current textbook modifications are not the only ones carried out. NCERT has been revising textbooks from time to time in the past too.”
NCERT has also confirmed that it is developing a new set of textbooks based on the recently launched National Curriculum Framework for School Education and that current textbooks in which the contents have been rationalized to reduce the academic load are only a temporary phase. — Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) June 16, 2023
About NCERT row
Recently, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) dropped the full chapter on Periodic Classification of Elements, a full chapter on Democracy and Diversity, a full chapter on Challenges to Democracy, and a full page on Political Parties from the newly released textbooks of Class 10 students.
NCERT stated that the revision of textbooks was based on suggestions and feedback from various stakeholders.
Amid the row over the removal of certain portions of syllabi by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), as part of its exercise to reduce the content load among students, dozens of academicians have registered their protest.
- ANI
