NCERT reiterated that the objective of the new textbooks is to strengthen constitutional literacy, institutional respect, and informed understanding of democratic participation amongst students.

PM Narendra Modi questioned the appropriateness of introducing a corruption case involving the judiciary to middle school students and sought clarity on the process..

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has issued a public apology after a chapter on the judiciary in a recently published Class 8 social science textbook sparked a row.

The NCERT had, for the first time, introduced content on the alleged corruption within the judiciary and the mounting backlog of court cases in its revised Class-8 Social Science textbook.

The development comes a day after NCERT halted distribution over a controversy around a judiciary chapter on Class 8 book ...