‘Bharat’ will not replace ‘India’ but will be used interchangeably in textbooks: NCERT – Times of India

NEW DELHI: “Bharat” and “India” will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks, aligning with the terminology in the country’s Constitution, according to Dinesh Prasad Saklani, director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).Saklani’s comments are significant following a recommendation from a high-level panel on the social science curriculum to replace “India” with…

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‘Bharat’, ‘India’ to be used interchangeably in textbooks, debate over it useless: NCERT chief | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will use “Bharat” and “India” interchangeably in its textbooks, aligning with the country’s Constitution, according to NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani.This decision follows a recommendation from a high-level panel working on the social science curriculum that suggested replacing “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks…

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