NCERT removes chapters on ‘Mughal Empire’ from Class 12 History book

The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised its books, including the Class 12 History book, removing the chapters on the Mughal empire. The change will apply to all schools that follow NCERT across the country.

Of the Classes 12, chapters relating to ‘Kings and Chronicles; Mughal Courts (16th and 17th Centuries)’ has been removed from the history book ‘Issues in Indian History – Part 2’.

Similarly, NCERT will also remove some poems and paragraphs from Hindi textbooks.

According to NCERT, all the changes made will be implemented starting from the current academic session, that is, 2023-2024.

Along with the history and Hindi textbooks, the class 12 civics book was also revised. Two chapters titled ‘American Hegemony in World Politics’ and ‘The Cold War Era’ have been removed from the book.

Continuing with the changes, two chapters viz. ‘Rise of People’s Movements’ and ‘Era of One Party Rule’ have also been removed from the class 12 textbook ‘Indian Politics after Independence’.

Changes have also been made to the class 10 and 11 textbooks, such as the chapters on ‘Democracy and Diversity’, ‘People’s Struggles and Movements’ and ‘Challenges of Democracy’ have been removed from the class 10 book.’ Democratic politics-2′.

Chapters like ‘Central Islamic Lands’, ‘Clash of Cultures’ and ‘Industrial Revolution’ have been removed from the Class 11 ‘Themes of World History’ textbook.

Confirming these changes, senior officials said that the new curricula and textbooks have been updated as of this year and are being rolled out to various schools.

–IANOS

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