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NEW DELHI: In response to the ongoing concerns surrounding the NEET-UG 2024 examination, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reassured students that their interests would be safeguarded. Addressing the controversy, Pradhan, as quoted by the PTI, stated, “I want to assure the students that all their concerns will be addressed with fairness and equity.No student will be at a disadvantage, and no child’s career will be jeopardized.”Rising Competition and Cut-offsExplaining the increase in cut-off marks and top scorers, Pradhan attributed it to the heightened competition due to a surge in the number of aspirants. “Cut-offs and top scorers are rising because the ... Read more

The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has deleted some references to the politics of Hindutva, the 2002 Gujarat riots, minorities, and Babri Masjid from the political science syllabus of Class 12 that will come into effect from the academic session 2024-25.  To be sure, references to the same subjects might occur elsewhere in the textbook. The body posted the modifications on its official website — ncert.nic.in — on April 4, Hindustan Times reported.  The body stated that the content has been updated in view of the latest developments in politics. About 30,000 schools in India are affiliated ... Read more

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has said that it will release the new syllabus and textbooks for classes 3 and 6 only, and there will be no change in the curriculum and textbooks for other classes for the Academic Year 2024-25 commencing from April 1. Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter), the NCRT said, “New textbooks aligned with NCF-SE 2023 for Class 3 and 6 are arriving: Class 3 books by April 2024 and Class 6 by mid-May 2024.” The NCERT said, “1.21 crore copies of 2023-2024 editions of textbooks for Classes 1, ... Read more