23 March 2022

Parts of NCERT textbooks, particularly those dealing with history, have been “criticised” because they offer “opinions or arguments” and are “not entirely based on facts”, Anita Karwal, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, is learnt to have said during a national consultation on curriculum revision held Monday.

Karwal, former CBSE chairperson and the most senior government official heading school education, said the country’s education system currently does not equip a child with skills to distinguish between a claim, a fact, an opinion or an argument, aspects which are covered under the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in which India also participates.