Kerala Govt slams NCERT for removing essential topics from Class 10 textbooks

The Kerala government has expressed strong criticism against the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for eliminating chapters on the Periodic Table, challenges to democracy, and various other topics from Class 10 textbooks. The state government contends that this move undermines democratic and secular values, posing a direct challenge to the existing democratic order in the country.

The NCERT's decision to remove these topics as part of a "syllabus rationalisation" exercise has drawn sharp opposition from Kerala.

State Education Minister V Sivankutty issued a statement on Friday, condemning the unilateral action taken by the



NCERT.

He highlighted that the removal of topics related to Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Azad, the theory of evolution, the periodic table, democratic values, and current challenges faced by the country undermines secularism, democracy, and the teaching of accurate historical facts.

"In order to protect secularism and democracy and to teach the real historic facts and to develop scientific temper, Kerala will guard public education and strengthen it," Sivankutty said, as per PTI.

"Kerala has already announced that we will publish supplementary textbooks incorporating the omitted text sections, upholding the original history enshrining democratic and secular values," he added.