The NCERT has pulled out the chapters and topics related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)’ from the history book.
No chapter on Mughal courts
Class 12 students of UP Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will no longer learn the history of the Mughal courts. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed chapters and topics related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)’ from the history book ‘Themes of Indian History-Part II’ under its new rationalized syllabus to be taught in Class 12 from the academic session 2023-24, state secondary education department officials say.
Also, lessons regarding the ‘Central Islamic lands’, ‘Confrontation of cultures’, and ‘The Industrial Revolution’ too, have been removed from the Class 11 textbook ‘Themes In World History’, read a report.
Along with the History book, the Civics book has also been updated. The Council has taken out chapters such as ‘US hegemony in world politics’ and ‘The Cold War Era’ from the Class 12 Civics textbook. Moreover, the ‘Rise of popular movements’ and ‘Era of one-party dominance’ chapters have also been terminated from the Class 12th ‘Politics in Indian since Independence’ textbook, reported Hindustan Times.
Rationalized syllabus
‘Rise of popular movements’ and ‘Era of one-party dominance’ have also been omitted from the textbook ‘Politics in Indian since Independence’ taught to Class 12 students. In this, the nature of dominance of the Congress, Socialist Party, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and the Swatantra Party was taught. Lessons on ‘Democracy and diversity’, ‘Popular struggles and movement’, and ‘Challenges to democracy’ have also been removed from the Class 10 textbook ‘Democratic Politics-II’.
Confirming the new syllabus of classes 10, 11, and 12, UP Board secretary Divyakant Shukla said the links of the subject-wise rationalized syllabus for session 2023-24 made available by NCERT have been provided on the official website of UP Board—https://www.upmsp.edu.in. “Books published according to the rationalized syllabus too are now available in the market,” he added.
Responding to the changes made, principal, Maharishi Patanjali Vidya Mandir, Prayagraj, Alpona Dey told Hindustan Times, “NCERT books are being updated as per the provisions of the new National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. New content is being added by removing topics that have become irrelevant.” Changes in the syllabus were made from time to time which was a good thing, she added.
