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The Preamble continues to appear in the opening pages of all new NCERT textbooks, including the Social Science textbook for Class 9, said NCERT sources
NCERT sources say The Preamble has not been dropped from Class 9 Social Science textbook | Image for representation
Reports suggesting that the NCERT dropped the Preamble from its Class 9 textbook for Social Science are misleading, sources from the country’s primary educational body told CNN-News18 on Saturday.
According to the NCERT sources, the curriculum has been redesigned under the new National Curriculum Framework. Accordingly, topics have been redistributed across different Grades instead of being covered in a single textbook.
The Preamble continues to appear in the opening pages of all new NCERT textbooks, including the Social Science textbook for Class 9, they said, adding the Constitutional Values –– secularism, justice, liberty, and socialism –– are introduced in Grades 6 to 8, especially in the Grade 7 Social Science textbook.
The topic has been covered with extensive details in Class 10 textbook, they said.
NCERT Introduces Section On ‘Emergency’
The NCERT has introduced a section on the 1975 Emergency –– imposed under the then-Indira Gandhi-led government –– in Class 9 textbook for Social Science.
Several reports claimed that the Preamble and references to “secular" and “secularism" were dropped from the textbook, sparking a political stir.
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