NCERT has released most new textbooks for Classes 1-9, with remaining Class 9 books due by August. New textbooks for Classes 10 and 11 are deferred to the 2027-28 academic session, with existing books to be used until then. The revised books align with the NCF-SE 2023 framework.
Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar has criticized NCERT for removing references to 'secular' and 'secularism' from the Class 9 Social Science textbook under NEP 2020, accusing the government of attempting to "poison the minds of school-going children" and rule in the name of religion.
NCERT denied reports of removing the Preamble from the Class 9 Social Science textbook, stating topics are redistributed under the new National Curriculum Framework. The Preamble remains in new textbooks and the Grade 10 syllabus.
A documentary follows British nerve surgeon Mohammad Tahir and his colleagues as they work in Gaza's barely operational hospitals during the 2024-25 war, treating severe injuries, including those of children, amidst bombings, blackouts, and critical supply shortages, supported by FAJR Global.
Newly introduced Odia textbooks for Classes I-VIII in Odisha government schools contain over 1,600 errors, including spelling, factual, geographical, and cultural mistakes. The School and Mass Education Department is rectifying the errors and will provide revised content to students.
Japan's Diet has passed a revised School Education Act, officially recognizing digital textbooks as standard and making them eligible for free distribution. The law aims to enhance learning through multimedia and accessibility features, though concerns about eyesight and concentration remain. Implementation is planned for April 2027, with full adoption expected by the 2030 academic year.
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza students will take the Tawjihi secondary school exams in tents and damaged buildings from June 20 to July 8, as 91.8% of educational facilities are inoperable due to the ongoing conflict.
CBSE mandates three languages for Class IX from July 1, with at least two being native Indian languages, aligning with NEP 2020. No Board exam for the third language in Class X.
Hachette, Macmillan and others allege that Meta pirated millions of works from textbooks to novels for Llama modelFive major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models.Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill, as well as author Scott Turow, alleged in the proposed class-action complaint that Meta pirated millions of their works and used them without permission to train its Llama large language models to respond to human prompts. Continue reading...
