The committee for revising the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has suggested that ‘India’ should be called as ‘Bharat’ in all Social Science textbooks upto Class 12.
This suggestion has been made by the 2022 Social Science committee, and “we are hoping it will be implemented from next academic year, but it all depends on NCERT,” the committee’s chairman Prof C.I. Issac told indianexpress.com. Issac is a historian and Padma Shri awardee.
He also added that the Committee has proposed that Indian victories should be a big part of the curriculum. “Currently there is no mention of post independence history in NCERT books, so we have suggested that historical events that took place from 1947 till now should also be introduced, and the number of hours allocated for pre-independence can be reduced,” he added.
The Committee has also suggested replacing the ‘ancient history’ with ‘classical period of Indian history’. He also added that the Committee has agreed to add more about Indian Knowledge System in the curriculum to teach more about achievements, history and culture of the country.
The proposed change in NCERT books comes a little after the country witnessed a debate that began in September after the Union government used “President of Bharat” instead of “President of India” in the invites sent out for G20 dinner hosted.
Source : Indian Express
