Centre Informs SC of NCERT Textbook Review Across All Grades
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Centre directs NCERT to review all textbooks after SC slams 'offending' content
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News18•11-03-2026, 12:15
Centre directs NCERT to review all textbooks after SC slams 'offending' content
•The Centre informed the Supreme Court it has directed NCERT to review textbooks for all classes.
•The SC bench, hearing a case on "offending" content in a Class 8 social science book, suggested an expert committee instead of just NCERT.
•Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the SC that a panel of domain experts would be constituted to vet the curriculum.
•NCERT director filed an unconditional and unqualified apology regarding the controversial content.
•The Supreme Court had previously banned the Class 8 book, citing "offending" content on judicial corruption and a "deep-rooted conspiracy" to undermine the judiciary.